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LIBRARY of CONGRESS 
Two Copies Received 

DEC 5 1905 

CoDyrieht Entry 

CLASS (X XXe, No. 

COPY B, 



Coi'YniOHT 1 SC6 

By Hexry Wadsvvorth Longfellow 

Coi'YiticaiT 1883 
By Houghton, Mifflin & Company 

Copyright 1905 
The Bouus-Mehrill Company 



THIS FDITItlX OF FVANGEIINE IS PUBI.ISI] r n BY 
SPECIAL ARKANCEMENT Ml IH MESSRS. HOUGHTOV 
MIFFl.IV AND COJIPANY, THE SOLE AUTHOBIZLD 
PUBllSlIEliS OF LONGFELLOW^ WORKS 




ILLUSTRATIONS 



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Evangt'line 

This is the forest i)riinev;il 

Scattered hke (Uiht and leaves 

Solemnly down the street came the priest 

Flan-ons of home-brew ed ale 

Down the lono- street she passed 

She was a woman now 

Thick was the fur of the foxes 

Sunshine of Saint Eulalie 
Welcome, Basil, my friend 
She stood with her hand in her lover's 
Bent, hut not broken, by age 
Slowly extending his right hand 
Lighted the brazen lamj> 
Waited her lover and watched 
Many a glad good-morrow 





Among the guests of her father 

Stood she and listened 

Down to the shore Evangeline waited 

In singing forget they are weary 

Strove with words and caresses 

Waited and wandered 

Cheered by the good man's words 

Along the shores of the river 

Evangeline's heart was sustained 

The house of the herdsman 

The priest and the maiden 

O Gabriel! O my beloved 

An Indian woman 

At the door of Evangeline's tent 

There from the troubled sea 

Daily the tides of life go 



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The Hiuniiuring: pines and tlie licmloc 



carded with moss, and in iiarmeh- 



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Stand like Druids jaf.^j^dfc^'W'ith voices sad and i>ro})he%:, \ ^^ 
Stand like harpers hoar^ ■^Ithjjeards that rest on tlieir 1 
^oud from its rocky\ caW^-niijiWmleg^^qte oee^ 

- ^dist'onsdlat^ answers the wail of thle"! 




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Wne^ IS tnjri;hatch-roofed Village, the hoipe of Acadian farmcrs,- 
MeiJ whose ^^e| glided on like rivers that water the .^ijdl^dsi 1 i 



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Darlj^eiied/'by -sliadoT?^ of earth, but reflecting an irilage; of" heav^al.^ 
Waste aretho^e ;plea,saiip farms, "^hd the farmers' Jgrever "Tdepa; 
Scattered lilce dust and leaves, wlien the mighty 'hlasts ^6i jEfotb' 
Seizextliej^iji^n^^whirl them aloft, and sprinkle them^fe^^tJ^^rwi'^ bcean 
Naught but tradition remains of tlie beautiful village of Grarid^Pre. 




- \je ;ivho believe in affection that hopes, and endures, and is patient. 
Ye who belieVd ^n Mgv^eantyrand strength of woman's devotion, 
4:Cv2i,i,'Jf List to,tbelin^uMnfu|>^i;jaditicm'still sung by the pines of the forest; 
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In the Acadian land, on the shores of tiae Basin of Minas, 

l^tnt^^e^d^! stili: the Uttig^llag e pf Grand-I^^U \ IItII:! 

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W\ ik iflie fi'uitlul valleyi^^^st-iTaSnH^ stretched to the eastwards \ 



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ilasttei^-flodfe wit 






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Opehed and welcomed tHF^£:iQJ!li;ati3^ ait' wilC^ 

West and south there were ,|e3fej of' flax,^^ orchards' ftnd cofn^^ds 






'f;. Spreading afair and anfeni^^Io^er^ e plain ; and away to the no)(\thward 




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Blorafflc^n rose, and the forests old, andj aloft ons:^^ liioimtams^ 

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Sea-fogs pitchedtteicrtents, and inists froni tlie-Almigiity, AtWtic 
Looked on the-harf)py' valley, feufr^ie'ei^from their staticfn deseeitded. 




There, in^the midst (if4tr)faFms, <^pose^ thir'Aca^iaff)viITage. 
Strongly bililt wereMJie houses, ^itiji ir^me§ gf octk and 'tjf hemlericli. 
Such ^s tKe;;peasants of Norrtmndy^m^^^he^reigfirW^^i^Hegifies 



Thatched ^erSihe roofs, wi| 



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^Ah /oyer the basement below protected, arid sb^d^ >th6 iiAoi;\\'4yf. \ / If 
Therte in th^-tranquif evenings of suniJiifex,^j5fJiettybriMtH the sunset 
Lighted the village street, and gilded tliel3an£(s! ijon 'xhe ^niWbjjs, 
Matrons and maidens sat in snpTr-whiie capStaild in kirtlfeSj' 



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; ifxS Scarlet and blue and greeii, \^ith 

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pi^'\\ Fla^ i<ft the! gossiping Idbin&i 

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' ^^ (Mingled Ith'^ir sound '^itn^^^ 
^)\.;~ I Solemnly' dowjji^he^&tr^t eahn 
Paused in tl^r play to^^ss xhi 
,. — - f^esce£ehd\,wkike4ie among 

l^HaiEng ^is slSw~a^J^acn\wit^ ^..^ ^^ „ ,^ 

T]ie^ came the , labQrdrs mMrtie f rpni'the,;4}efi 
Down to his rest, and twilighfe^^^ejait 

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Softly the Angekis /Soytlded, and o\cr; 
Columns of |^^TeT)lile smoke, like cIoim 
Rose from a hundred hcartlxs, the homes 



iffs^^inning tiie goldi 




shuttles within 



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eels and the Songs of the ma^jp'ni 
priest, apd-^e-- children 




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oTbless^ 



?ome 
serenely the ^^ sank 
ion from the belfry li 
roofs of^-ihe village 
incense~«scenduig, 

ce and contentment. 

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eit tbgether in loVe-these simple Acadiss^ 
Dw(^lt iijithelove-of God anlf^fTiiaa^^^^'^^ 
iA 'Feai", 'in^t reigns with the tyrant, artii^nvj', . tTO 

^either xJocksiSai't^^^ their d&ors, fioK^Jars^^lietftfeeir windows ; 

■ ^VellingVwgre -opeh as ^y iand^the hearts of 4:he^0wrier§; 

§t lived ht'abj^f^aifipe^i i;.;^^^ ] 








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1^ ,-j Dwelt on\his goodly^acres^T and with lum, direcilngi his tious^hold^' 
Gentle Evarigdinehvedi;lS^;:2]|^^jaiid^e,J)ride cyf m^'yiJlageA 
Stalworth and\s^atelj( in form wa^ ^he^stvan ci|/' severity /wintfers(j 

Hearty and hale was h6,NaiL oak^fet ik cj:Kyere4 with sriowi-flakesj! 

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White as \the snow .wefe^s locKsj'^nd his cljmcs- as broi^ as the oak-leavesX 

Fair wak shfe^o behold, that maiden of seventeen summers ; 



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Black were Ssr eyfes^as^he berry that grows eii^Tie ihenT^jthe way-sidej^ 
TBlacktf^et^li6w-s,gftly,JJiey, gleamed beneath the brown isfeits^te^ helf ^b-esses ! 



.^^-, \iifas fi!^~feea|h a^ the bi^ath of kisne thaETfeedjjixflie 

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When in the harvest \heat she bore'io^e reaper^ at noontide 
Flagons of holne-brewed ale^ ahTTS]^ili^s0|0tk-'wa8^ tbfe maiden. 
Fairer was she when, on Sunday ^afoMi,^hiIe the bell from its tun-et 
Sprinkled witli holy founds ihe_Jkir, as the /priest with his hyssop 
Sprinkles the congregation, and scatters blessings upon them, 





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street she pasSea, with h^ chapletvjol'feeads and her lais^kL 
\Wearijhg h^i* i5toi*na# <;ap 'ind her kirtlc of blue, and tlie ear-rinW ./ I 
Brought in'th&-oJdertctime from' Emticev and since, as: an heirloota, 
Handed down from iftpthHT: to child, through long generations. 
But a celestial brightness — a more ethereal beauty ■ — 
Shone on her face and encircled lierTofiilv^when, after confession, 
Homeward serenely she walked wiM God's benediction upon jh^F. | 
When she had passed, it seemed like the ceasing of exquisite music. 
Firmly builded' Aiflth/^kftftrs-^ oak, the house of the farme!r i 
Stood on the side of a hill commanding the sea ; and a shady 



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Sycamore grew by the door, with a \yoodbine wreathing around it. 
Rudely carved was\the^prch, with iekts beneath ; and a footpath 
Led through an orchkixi w^^jfaoS diSappeSred.-^^ri^ EJieappY- / 
Under the sycamore-tree^^(efchiv0s_oyerhung by a penthouse. 
Such as the travcller-^aincjfegion^ remiite by the roadside, 
Biij^;o'£r ihox for thepbor, or\the lt»lessed ima^e of JVIary. 
E^rther ^(Jdwn,_on]Jhe sjbpe of s!the Millj ya,s the \vell with if s moss-gj-OKn 
■ — '^ij^ke?, f a^t;enfed--witK'ih:pn^^nd\n^a'r' it a tkpughfer-the'librses.^ 

Shielding the house irom^toii^s, jin the north, ;wpej|;he bams ai^d'the farm- 



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There stood the brQad-/(vhieel6^^ft^i^^n8t^i&a|itique ploughs and the harrows; 
r tljIe^^le^pVand^ji^e, in ms-fea.thered seraglio, 
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EVANGELIN 

old hact startlecf-tiic pcnitcat!^ 

^ojecteSa I'oof- of thatch ; "AichV-«taifeaBe,\ 
, Kd u^o tFe 
me doveNeot^sl^od^'' with its ^ee]^ q,na=iHnocerilfln 
abovei^^he variaiit^r 



oci fiiici TJie' W0rli 
and Evangeline 

n the church and opened his m^i 
the saint of his deepest dcvotlibn ; 
ajjpy was I e wno^^ght touch her hand m tl^^ieifi ofl 
Many a puitor c^ame^oncr door, by tlie digmKnegSsb^frie 
And, as he knocked and waited to h 
' '^jaew:?not which beat the lou^erXbis 



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Or, at^Hie joyoiis^feastvof 



Bolder gi'ew, and pressed her lianil 

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Hurried words of love, that seemed 

But among afl' who came young Gabriel on!^ was \VeIcoiiQe ; 

Gabnel Lajeunesse, the son of Ba^il the blacksmithj- 





Who W^s a mighty man in the vil 
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Ha^ the^^CTEt^dof ±he smith been held in repute by the people. 





Basil/ wai^Benedict's fri0:^dy^X^heir children from earliest childhood 
Grew) niTtogethe^' ai^rdtter- and sister ; and Father] Feliciah, 
Priest an^-ffedagogoe^toth in thcL^illage, had |a«^it^th^m their letters 
s Ou^^^theifelfsame boolc7witlr%ie hyiiiBS of the church aM the plain-song. 

Bur wheh^^fli^.'i'Ss'^ii'^as §mj^^ffi? 
^ Swiftly they hiij^ed„^ay^^nie^or| 



lesson coippjetfedj 
Ba^l t'he^'blacksitiith. 



sf^) l^ete" at; tjie dooj^^'tli^^tpod, with wonderiT^*^e'&\tp\ behqld him 
Take ia his leatllem fep-^Jje hopi- &f the horse:^s:.a ^taytliirig, 
Nailing the shoe in its- place; while near hira-tb« ijtird i3i the\ cart-wheel 

t^ Lay like a fiery snakje^jcoiled rpund.iaa,'^ circle qf cinders. 

Oft on autumnal evesj^^heir vvithout in the gathering darkness 

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-, Bursting with light seemed the smithy, tjirough every crapijiy and crevice 



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by the forge withtitthey watched.,th^laboriijg belloWs, 
panting <_eased, and' the sparfo expired in. toe ashes, 



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'Merrily laughed, and said they "iweres nuns going inta th^-:gha'geL 




Oft on sledges in winter, as swift\&s the^ swoop 'bf the eaM^."^^ 



the hiilsidcTbounding, tlicy glided away o'er the nreadow. 

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Oft Jn the bams they fclihibed to the populous ne^ts onthe rafters^ 

Seekin^^with eager eyes tJiat JwoBdrdtis stont, wni6h the swallow 

BrTngs from the shore of th^vseaj^o refe^'the sight of its fledglings; 

Lucky Hvas he \4io foiSnd that stone -in^e^flliest oK^e swallo\^l 

Thus passed aJeWSmft years, and 4feie'^Wk(lptj^er were children 



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valiant youth, and Ri^ face, li|^ the face of .theijrorning. 
laddehed theeafth witli its light, andripened thought into action. 

yoman now, with tlic hcart^^i^Wpes .of y womajfi>\ (, ^ ,. 
t O'S^nshine 6f Saint;Cp^l|die" was sliq called ; lorth^jcas tJie sunshine 
Whicli, as tKe farmets^ believed, would load their Vo^chard^^ith apples ; 
She too Aj'ould bring to her busband*s-hau^ deliglit an<l' abundance, 
Filling it full of .love-^js^d t\)s;^^^^^ffseSs>^i cmdx-e;^^ 







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Now luid tEl'Seks^-retumecl, ^vhen the nights grow colder and lon^ 
TTjAjnd the retreating Siji^>^e,<^t^T5f;ut&;~Scoroit)^oenJ;ei^L 







/,! Birds of pass.ige sailed throu^v4fee-leadej»<>^^H^pys6iil' tl^e'lc^bbuiii 




tlic shores of trpgic; 



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y^affl<llirid_.^iji( ihk win^g^of-Septenilieii 



iWipj^sETas Jacol>^]^olt>Fkhith4 aixgei,^! 



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[le [signs f oretolCa.,:«dBler long anii^n^J^^^t, 
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, Gold VoulS t^e jyittter be, for thick wasthe fur of tile fofe^. 
' \ Such/wasithe advent of autumn. Thefi followed tliat bfeautiful season, 
* Called by:i:he,^JQUs -^cadian peasants the' ^Summer \df All-Saints ! 

Filled was the ait^iUtdar-c(reamy ^ijd magical light; and^the landscape 
-^v" - tay'as if neW-created in all the freshness of childhood. 
^ , , Peace seemed to reign upon eSitlfraSdWt^TeStkss heart of tlie ocean 
cw '-^^ Was tor a^^iiiqmeiit'lsansqlg^r;'^!^^ in hariH0ny Jbleiaded. 

rife Voices of children at. plisCVi th^VrqWing of cbeks in the farm-yards, 
r? irfc ;Whirj of wings M th'^wayasjsy^^^^^dl/ihe^eooing oJF pigfeoi/s, 



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Xy f^k Ali were subdued aria low^tts the mu^iiiurs of love, apd ih^ gpeat sun 

Looked with the.eyejolJcive through the golden vapors aroiind hint; 

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^PT^; Wliile arrayed in its^b^s of russet artd^carlet ai^d yelloW,/ 

Bright with the sheen of the dew, each glittering tree of the forest 

Flashed like the plane-ti^^e^e ^Befrsiana^ojaied with^matotles and jewels. 

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/f^''^\ !N^SL:reeominenced the reign of restiand affection and ^§tillness. 
Day ^itfi -'its burden aiid heat haft departed, and Iwiligqi descending 
3JB|ouglit T^stck the;55ening star to the skyy and filCjer^ito the homestead. 
Pawing the groundUheyxcanje, and resting their Jnecks^on each other, 
And with their Hdstrib distended inllaling tlje -freshness^ of -^ening. 
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,^sF^o«d iif licr snow-white hid^J^nd tlie ribbon that wa\cd from her coUj 
iQuietlv pa^ed and slow, as if conscious of human affectjoiiU 
Then came^the shepherd hack witli his Ijltating flocks from the 

tie^ ful^f impc^ilaiiee, aa^ grand'^jjj the'pri^e of 
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^nd :^^^^^^^^g5d trre- straggL 



was lie wluii the shej]]ier(l slept; their 
.eh irona the forest at night, tlirough the staiTV sil* 
e ^r^^mgj xOQon, returned the wai 

that tilled tlie air witk its ddofi 



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Seds.^'ith dew \pn tJiei 

3oden and pondero 
inted with prilliant d^^^^ndTadorned with tassels of 
N6(!<3ed in bright array\lik6';}iO[llyhocks Ji^avy wjth bloSsbms 



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(clog^'i^tli a jarring sound, Ifte valves 



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for a season was 



/ Y Rattled (^e(^§0fiden bai;s4 and all 

In-doors, (^i^^v^^'flje wide-i^uthed ^feplfi^ 



SOT^R'his 'elbow-cKfefrjoa^d watcked ho^ the iiaihes 
Sti'iiggled tdg^therTike^aeS'm^a burmftg^^eity 
podding and moclnhg alortglphe ^11 #t1s^gesi1 
Darted his own huge shadaw, and variished away ift^ ^an^pesi 
Faceis, el^msily fcarved ifi;oak> oiii Bie bajck of hij^ arracl 
l.ai^glje^ in tM, fli^leeiSng light, and the pewt€r%)la1jM joii/tft 
light ^nd, i^eflcictedAe fla^e,)afeshjelds of'^^rwes/^^ siliiS 

id cartils 0f 'Gmr' 



'^ F/i^agn^eyits otf V^ng tl%^t man sang, and 

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feji^ in ItharJ^fOHnan orcliaixls and bright Burgundwi vi 
5 ))_,^Close at her fsthefV^qp ■^ras th&Wentl^-^v&ivgielHiB seated 

the lobHiNtnatVtood in iiie 





thers Before 



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t^^Rile th^ moS 

Followed the 




Footfalls are heard 
So, in each 



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le priest at the altar, 
motioiTthe) clock clicked. 



and, suddenly lifted, 





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^fAiTjfiie^^ie wooden latch, ca^d the door swung back on iff 



Benedict)lfQ^'4y by the hob-nailed shoes it was Basil the blacksr 
gihearfe<!^iV^gt'linc knew who was with,^xny 
'armer exclaimed, "iis their footsteps patts^5 on tHeT;hreshola,/ 
imw^'irfendjs^ Comey ^keHEfiVpI&c? otf^he 
mngy-side^^Mefe^l^a^ays e^pty 







erije^=ttis='-p5Be!s&nd^^^box of tobacco ;| J^ 
elf art thou as wlicn, through the c^^rltnjE 
le pipe or tile forge, tliy friendly and jovial face m^ 
■Roliiad atjd ^cj* as tlie harvest moon through the mist of the iri'^r^j^s^ 
\Then, with a smile of content, thus answered Basil the blucksmlcii, 
Taking with easy air the accustomed seat l)y the fireside) 

hg4i bast ever tlvy jejt and tjiyjb^ 
vhery^^evs are ftlW 
il<^|iiirfy$ee~onj50ruifi before 
ei^ day/thoucha 

pe/tfeat/E"* 
^d/l}elated,i 



'^'l^.eriedict Bellefon; 
in cji^erfullegt 
•tj&aty forebodings 
^^^^^^^rt-tkou, a« 
Pau^^^siGnSmeiit; 

withr a,„c^SJ^pm i 



"^^ur days^ow m.'e\pkj 

Ride A the'^&§pereauVfi _^, 

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\c£tHnoo'-poi'nteag|igainst us. 
:_ j_-: — _-/_.. i,„ ;_ .._i.„„:> — Vu.ii) g^j] are conrmanded 

On tke morrowto meet in the church, wiyte his'^tfajesty's tnandate 



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>VllJ?;1&p; proclaimed as law in the land. Alas! in the mean time 7 ('i "^ 

Mamy surmises of evil alarm the heartsTjf "^e people." 

Then mafde answer iihe Tarmer : — "Perhaps some friendlier ptii^ose 

Brings these ships to our shores. Perhaps the harvests iia England 

By untimely rains' Ol" untimelier heat have been blighted, 

And from our bursting bams fEiy^lrould feed their eWQ^^na-children. 

"Not so thinketh the folk in the village," said warmly "the blacksmith. 

Shaking his head as in doubt; then, heaving a sigh*he^,cotatinued;T— 

"Louisburg is not forgotten, nor Beau Sejour, nor Port Roy^l. 

Many already have fled tojlif! forest, and Jurk.on it$ ioutskirts,i 



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Waiting ^itlj la-nxious hearts the dubious fate jaf to'^iitiOrrbw. v ^ \ / 
Arms have been taken from us, ajid warlike weapons of,' all Ifiijds:'\ 



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Nothing is left but the blacksmith's sledge and the scythej of vthe/ mower." 
Then with a pleasa.nt srS^:jjnad^ ansjKerJfiKe jovial i^rfflerl: —j- j ^\ tHi" I 



"Safer are we /unarmed, in the; midst of our floek§,^d-bur conifields,7-_ | 
Safer within these pea^jFul^dikes besieged by'tli&'0jeaB^-^Hir~:::S5^ ^ 

J!'han''ouir fathiaajn tot^s, Tbesieged by the enern^^-canHonT*'^ 
Fear no evilTTny^ffefid, and to-night ma,y,/lit>.£fhS 
Fall on this house an4 hearth; f dr this is' ^he tiight of the conti^t. 

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Built are tjie house and the barSE^j^'llie^erry lads of tjb^e idllage 




Strongly have built 

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FifW H^e^ferT? with hay, and the house with food for-^flwdVefeonth, 
Rehe Lel^iauc will be Uere anon, witli His papeyS^Ulid-JHi 
Shall wetiot^thga I® glad, and rejoice in the joy 0Tk;O«r c: 
As apart by the 3i«i<$d»w~^e "^toocLjwith hej" hand iiFli^ BvePi 



.?:. 



Blushing Evangeline ^eaii'd me ®'o;?ds tlia^ bpr father h&A sBjxkei 
And, as tkey-died onliis lips, the worthy nijtary entereji.V^ 





WW: 



III 



?EXT like a laboring oar, that tGils--i'BM^te-Tsaii^i^ tfee pceanjjfl 
7^^iitiIbdf^n!et1^l{enj'',W,-a^ ^a^y^e, f&ian'of'tne()«^tdt*y j»u 
Bhocks of jell0w3|jal^Gliike the silken floss of'!tl^^ ^)^ai^e|jj^ri,g 




lyqr. 



M^U^siJ^f^rMe 



^ ;nde on hjs^nose,''^it'a|lal(mLQ>l'pd^4oifni 
\\W )tw^t-y(cihdlcU"eu was he, and mBue than 
'J^hiich'en's chllaren 

d'\\A jj \"^-^ X \^ "/-— f^iV .r-Nu^/ / 

Rour^loHg'^OTs iiij\thX/iime>^M-4{ls~^arjyt^ kingu 



j5(^nis/-^^i^ei. 'ajw.l'ljea,rd^ great' 





nd of 








f=^. 



/"EVANGELINE 




""Nqw, [though warier grown, without all guile or suspicion,) 
Ripe in^^^d^ was^hc, but patient, and simple,' and^chil^ike, 
V -H^)wkrfceloy W by^^ll, Vnd tti'op"#ai"by tlj^e' children ; y* 
For he told them tales of the L6yp-garounff!^^3Qr,ekt, ' 

■And of the goblinMlhat ^mt inothe nightv.to walgr the horses. 
And, of <the yhite Eeticte^^lie ghostoFS^child who unchristened 




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Died, and^wtejjooilifed-t^i^aunt tipise^ the chambers ^of childt-en ; 



''W^jhM o^ CK^4Ws "fe^ th^ojxU'/alkfe^ 
And hajf the/ tjSvewm^^^^r^ip^ia.;^0:^Bir^ 



\An/d\of' thie pji 
Tith Midt^de' 




:alk«id iti the\ml 
eEs-pmrers of four4earved~cMvei|4iiid horseshoes, 



tin, thelore~or^^vill^£^e. , „ ,„ 



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r^at /by the^esidfe'^asil/'th^ blacksiiiith, » 

J^ilWlyj^tending ms'r^ght TiAnd^-ik 
IdJi'^theij LeHanc," he ex"<jMffie3X^^HJ!#ist heam "ThT^^alki in/ tlh^J^fllage, 



hen/ up n 
CnocKed from his pipe thSi^f 



And, pei-chancfej caiist i 



c;^ 
^ 



'6) new^ of these ships ;jai3:theit; errand.^ 



,':--S^/-- ■^^K.■i 



^^eij^vith modest deme^n>Qr maae;il^swe1* th5.-Hi|bary jjQbli^^^^^^^'^^fe^ 
'Gossip enough have I heard, in sooth, jwet aiii?6everi^p/wis 
SiiJ what their ertaiwlmay be\l jtnfl^ jioib^lwr/than^jthe 

'i^^aip,^ not o|ihose wK^xi^giiie sotne 0^*11 jn^eption , ^p 



h 



Brines them here, for 





hy then n\olest us?" 
to 







>«« tliMinil||Ki-t1tri = i-,y ■jj^ti'^^ 




EVA N G E L I N e.^.^/1 - 

) 

flouted the hasty anS-feomewliat-irascifeffe blacomitly^ 

yk fm^ the BCT't^d tiie^wl-uijjm^he y|ieref ore,; 
J(fj!v 'Jh j'ustie^^^ cKhe^ and might is the right ^f ij 

witiSut(|irediTrg his warmthJ?contmue3^^^?^?^^^y pal&ic, 
birt; Go4- is -justs; and finaPy justeice 

weir I p^^riber a story^ 

■^ — 

aptiye I_l 



it often 



<^ 



e ojj^ Fr^S^ fort at Port RoyaP' 



nian'^s fsv^rJjbe^ Ijaje^ ^nd<fe l«^Yed%Q repe^ it , 



,. , , , ilpoi^k'' TOTnjilaiRea rthaft!, any jaj^ C".' 

1/5^ V'Ohce in an [anqiempStyv^^w^l^e' iiahiWl no-^FoS^er rlemiJen^ber, 
?-'('^;gi i^^ise^' ali^ff; W;\a cVljiSiM, "a'1>razen statue "ofe^iiltice 

Stood, in ihe^ pibl^p sq^*, upholding' the 'It^es ivit^ Mtl hand, 
its right a sWrd, as an emblem tliat justice presiMd 




Hi 



nd ir? 
pvejr Ith^ laws cff the land, and the hejii-ts and hoihe'§^=»f the! peo' 
iyetLthef^lJl^s hg^bmlt tlfeir^nei^s in me ^ 

trsTTO'^ar'^f the -^tKJi^d thVt pa^heieTii} tiicumsturf^^aDp 



•ile: 



/ye»e oppress^!, and fee mighty 




EVANGELINE,^ 




s 



Fell on an orphan girl who lived as maid in the household. 
She, after fonn of trial condemned to die on the scaffold, \ Vl 
V'v Patiently met her doom at tlie fdOt-6f-fhe statiie of Justice. 
As to her Father in heaven her innocent spirit ascended, 
libir^ er the city a tempest rose; and the bolts of the thunder 
Smote the statue of bronze, and hurled^in -wrath from its left hand 
Down on the pavement below the clattering scales of the balance. 
And in the hollow thereoK:;was fouud the nest of a magpie, 




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^v^ K^ \ 



Xyjjf?^ 1 Intcf , T<9i0sei cj^y-built waljs~-the hecTdace of pearls W^si ihWove; 



rE 







? 





Silenced, ISull not coHa-vtncedi when the story-was' endMJ the blaclismitH 
Stood like a man who' fain would speak, biitiBndeth no language,;. c^ji 
All his thoughts.TOre congealed ilito lines Op bis face^asthe yapi 
Freezev in, fantastic shapes «8Hrtlijg!^^d£w-panes in the wmte*. 

Tlieri Evangeline lighted the jbrazeMaraDjBfiAE table, 
^-^ped,4^1iit overflowedjCthe p&!rteiM;anj£ard'withr^6m.e-br(ns'^v;^.^.^^, ' O 

at <s?^s faii^ my its Btrengtn ^a-She viljagigj^xtf Gyand-Pre ; 
Title frdniTiis-pSefi^th&^nola^ty^jew/h^^^^^ iftJchoiTi;^!^^ 

Wrbte^with a steady hand tliejiate and- the agej'o|-jthe partbs,'^ 
Naming the dower of the bride in fiocksof sheep and ifl cattle. ^ 
Orderly all things proceeded, awd duljr and well were completed, 



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O 





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EVANGELINE 



ii v' *And the sreat seal of the law was set.like a sun oivt 

Then from hi.s leathern jiouch the farmer threw on the tahle 
Three times the old man' s_ fee in solid pieces of silver; ff^ 
nd tl^notary risi^, and blessing the bride £rad bridegroom, 
Vv^yC^ed ^ft the ,tti,nkard q;@ale ani^d^an^-tolpieirV^^re 

nly hpwed^^( 




JLfee^ffife giigs 
<? l^ny acfkrewell 




EVANGELINE 



5^^ ^^ 




c 



m^ 



I^m'^r^ lojig in Evangeline's lieart, and filled rifc 
Carefun:(i; t^en were.coveredtEe'em'bS'S-ffet glowed on tlmJiearth-sto 
And' ditllie, oaken sftiirs resounded the tread (>£.the,larmerrv 
Soon with a ^uadl^s-step the f^t of^Ey£CHg^|ia€=l?^lowe^? 



Up the stkircase liloved a luhiinpu^ sp&e ^^th^'aarknesS^ 
Lighted le^^lW^the-'lamp^than thelKimfi^^cg of 
Silent she passed fhrough the hall, and entered tlie'3oofr 



e'pilla^ chamber. 

Simple that chamber waSjxwitlkit's curtains of white, and lt$ clbthes-press 

rirefully", folded"" , 





Ample and high, on whose spacious slieh cs 
Liriei^ dnd wfoiollen stuffs^Tjy tlie handLoiJE 
TTliis ^as I'tW j)recifes,'^(Jwea<>he would lir 
B^ttei- fthjanlffooit^ arid herds,/beihg proof 
r^ /Sooni ^ei extinguished her lump, for the mc 
gtreame^ thrp^gb'the windows, and light 

*llcd and obeyed its 



l^Nalced ^ow^^wfiiTOT 



Waited her lover and v 



ihe orchard, c 
of her lairi^ and her .Shadow. 



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^:>i:-< 



EVANGELINE 



.-~.CP^ 



£^ Yet Wfeir^'el: thoughts of hMr, and at'^trtnes. a f eelirig of ;Sadnes? ^ 
\ Passed o'efr' Her sdidr* as the saHine; shade of clouds iti the inoonlight 
*^iPKtted4c^oss~t|ife^'fl6ol- and d"ark«iiied"th'e room for a mojueht; 



And, as she ga|!ed-|rbm1;he windo^ she sa^sefettelyithe moon pass 
Forth from the foltfrof, atTclodd, and one st&r'^foniJw her foot-steoi,/ 
As out of Abraham's tenfe;^'ung Ishmael Wandered with Hagar^"^^ ' 



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ad lSa£.bfefen(v'a33>J;ii'| in the villfl^ejjani^VcJai 



\. 



jvnocked \\'dthuts]hun4re(J liaiid^j^^ho gpMen gaiesj 
Now from the country arjgilnd, from the farms 
e jli thelr^ holidfevy^^esse^tlie 



ilv1l%^i^6od-[tio 



.^^^l^ht 





umerous 



-^-^EVANGELINE^^ ^^ 



u. TMJ^ 



u 



WliWe/'^^^li =could be seea but the^ack of wheels in-^KS^grgensw'a^ji, 



'M\ 



Grbtip 8Ji> 



^ '■■. '- 



;rtm.g a^pearefl, and joined; or 



i;- 



jiassed anxtljfe^luglway./ 
Long ere noon, iii the village . all. sounds of laboi* ■\5'|re sil^fi^d,^ , - - ,i 
Thronged^F^re^ thfi street^ with ^ople<^ aBd/Hoi^y-^ppup^^ the houge-dpors 
Sat in thfrcheerfuL/feun, and'rejpicecT «lid gossipgd togemer. 
Every~-]y6ii^.^as air in; 



iir 



ilcoimed arid feet^^d; 



For with" thig:5iinple peopII?wh§iive|f;^keJbrothersf ttigether, 
All things )ye/e^heMoJh"»Wni»bnJ kndj/ wlj^'emB'Sad W^s ^other's. 



Yet under Beri^dict*g'%^3o£4"?®PittJK^ : 

For EvangeJine stodd= among the suegtQfJbfit father 





Bright "Wki 
Fell from h\ 

nfler flie open 
Stripit:©! it^oldj 
There in the shai 



si«06g,Vaii4 w brdsTpf welcome and gladjiess 



ef 



IMichael the'iiddlei 



Shad6f^an(th^t Wdi 
Hair, as^it^waved in 
Glow<sd like 

Gayly the oJd rtaaairfanii 
Tons les Be 



There; gpodSeiiediet.satK*pd 

fa^ yiil^Jw^J^OTia!^ese^^by^me^1)dej>]^^ 



)l^ed, ^^Stihuihe «gft/est of hetfWs and of;? 



waistcoats. 



alkiedcOn Kk^ snow-white 
face of th^ fiddler 
coalVwhcn ihe ashos are blo^^^from thetsmbers. 
o the vibrant .sound of his liadle, 

-.de Dunherque, 



c,<% 




EVANGELINE- 



^ \iVi*d)an^^^H'^}is wooden;^hocs beat time to the n^jj^^^v^^ (^ 'f( , 
Mpyrily, merrily whirlod the wheels of the dizzying dunces 
UnaeiHsJe orchard-trees and down the patli to the meado^^y / _ 
folk and 3'oung together, and children mingled among them. 
■Fairest of all the maids was Evangeline, Benedict's daughter 
Noblest^ allele ypuths vf^ Gabriel^ son of.^he b^l^imtlij 

; So 'passed the morning away, I -A^d Iq ! with a sunnnons sonorous 
sounded the bell fronj its tower, ataaa^sr thejmeadqws a drum beat. 



r 



I 



1 thronged ere lona/ was 



fvas the church with rhen. iWitiibntl M the churchyards? 
graves, and''nqng on t 



Th^y stood by the 
|iun^leay«p^ajnd evergreens fresh from /the J^Ptel 

r from the ships, and marching proudly airicfng ttieiW 
Entered the sacred portal. With loud and -dissonant clangor 
^ehocd the sound ofHheir brazen diiuns from ceiling and casemKlTJ, — ^ 
Cchocd a moment dn^,\and slowly the ponderous poftafO^ 





Closed, and iii-^lene^ the crowd awaited the will of the sa^fers. "^^ 
— l^^^yhen uprose their conunander, and spake from the steps of the altar, 
Holding aldft in his Ilsiind^i wi'blit^fgijfi^l.s, the royal d&mmrssioiK 
"Yoif^'e convened this day," he said, "liy his ]\Iajesty'^!^rders. 
^ Ciement*^i¥d kind has he been: Ijut how you have answered his kindness 
Let your own hearts leply l-i-iXpMSyv^atural mak-e-f^d mytbemper 
Painful the-xaspj)s-5^3o7\wiiich to you I know must fee grievous. 






EVANGELINE^a 



bow and obey, and delivei^^e will of onr mbnan 

ly, tliat all voiir lands, and dwellings, and cattle of all ki\;(ds 

ited/be t»-the ej*own ; and tliat you yourselves ^froui this\>p 
\ - — -1 ' -■ t> ^~^j 

transported to other lands. G(^ grant 'yOB^Bay^welLthe 

famiful subgeQt^.a Ihappyoancf'pe^cgaby^ people 

declare 

is serene in the sultry solstice of summe 
% a storm, and the deadly sling of the liailstoile 
arnier's corn in the field, and sliatters liis windc^wsj' 

,,,, fL 

siliHllana^rewiny tlie ground with thatch from the h^i 



ent the^ 
touHer alnd^eyer loll? 
^iAnd, by one impulse mby( 
Vain was the hope of es<^.pe; aiM ctles arid flepceTpipre-Cfltjcms^^^^^^c^ 

:|broughddie lioiise of pi'aye|'^'ajja(nigh o^jg&tlre^TOad^s M-4hg,iakb^«~^ 
lose, wi^ his arms uplifteld, tlxe figv 

ptomiy sea, a spar is tossedjby^'^h!&\bi|lc|\Mr3^ 



lacksjjiith, 

o \ 

Flushed wjs liis face and distoi-tediiwItR^eission ; and wildly lie shouted, — 

Ber ha,^I5Yom them allegiance ! 

o 



"Down with thejtyr; 

o 





'~:::aiijU'.(lUi-ui:i L. -u-^t 





VANGELINE 



ekWito these foreign soklicrs, wlio seize on our homes 
ore 'He fain would have sfiiil, hut the merciless hand o 





--fXi Smote him upon the moutn, a&d dragged him doAvn to 

NKiv|he midst of the- strife and tumult of angry contention 
A thfi'ti^^^^^Te chincel^penedT^iid Father Felicia' 
ilei^ed,' ^tli serioUS~inien, ai^aicended the steps of the altar, 
lising his reverend hand, with a gesture he awed into silence 
1 that clamorous throng ; and thus he spake to nis people ; 
'eep were, liis toijies aQ.d^sQlemn ; in accents measured and mournful 
Spake he/ as') at^M: tl^^tocsin's alarum, distinctly tJie clock ^trikes. 
"^'What is ithis that jre do, 



V children ? what^jnaiSties^nas seizealybw 
aisl of 1 my life.have IJabored Among you, and taught you, 
word' alone, but in deed, to^ love ong^another! I j ^1 

"^ Is this the fruit of myJ;oils, ofmy xigils'aild prayeics-and privatioris? 
Have you so soon forgoftejl all l(^ss6n)9 oiF loye>and forgiveness •''-r^gs\ ^^^^ 
This is the house of the Prince^c^f Meadej^^^fd wom^^you profan^t 

rimtfel*? 
upon you 





1th violent deeds and hearts 
Lol^lJiere the crucified Christ from 
See! in tnbse sorrowful eyes what mci 
Harki how those lips still repeat the 
Let us repeat tliat j^ravcr in the hour 
Let us repeat i 






.oly comnasSbn! 11 
Father, forgive them !' 
wickfed-iUsail us, 
eythem!'" 
O 



-VANG ELI NE 



\rew,were Kis words of rebuM; but deep in tlie heart 
Sank'the^, a'iid sobs of contrition succeeded th 
^hjj^ Kie^ r,epeated^is.praya(-5 and saitl, "O J'at^^e^, 

11 c&e tlie^^ning service. Tfig^tapers gleamed 




w»S the,.®j^^rffi&^]^§t, kad tte 
9nej^,^jliplieir beai*ts ; and the 
^jtt^ knees,' andtheitst&I^j^^t' 







'frnwhile triad ^pread^n the village the tidinl 
f'4.^ Wandqr,edj Trailing, f#x)m Jjouse to house the worn 
-" I/onff atiner iathfir?is door Evangeline stood, witjb 

^■^ / ' . ' I I ^.^. ^ 

phiellding her eyes from tjie level raA's of the siin, that, 
i:>. [d|gbted .the-.yillage street withl m^steruj^ splendor, 
X^ Peasant's cottage ■witli-~g6^deg, tir^teii, agd g:^!K«f6ne^3S^windows. 
Long 3f»ifi*itiTTEtd4)eenNspread theWi^j^^hite'clpt^^^^B^ 
-^.33}ere stood thejwlreJit;en idaf , aad(t)je Ijoijiey/figt^ra; 




^ 



Tli^ere stood tlie tanJcardNof i^e, arrcTjtbe djieeSe ifresh bfSught frc™ the dairy ; 
And at/fhe head-%f the boaJdTth^^Siai-^aiTOjSclMHr or tfefe faWier. 
Thus did "Evangeline wak, a±v jke^lfail^^s^^ltjt^r, as the su'liset 
Threw the longi.dlA^wws optrecs o'er'^lm Tmaoad a 
Ah! on her spirit within a' deeper shadow had fallen 
And from theijelds of her soul a fragrance celestial ascended. 

^ '^XJ Gl- 



ial me&dows. 

o 





EVAN GE LIN 

X feKamv/i meekness, love, and hope, anC^forgivencss, ami patience !•/• 
\ Thra, alliforgetful of self, she wandered into the village, VL Vl 
Yt ^.,CheeriB§^ith. looK^^and" words the mournful hearts of-th^vwbii 




ccning fields with .lingering: steps they departed, 
hausehold ca$fes, gn^ tM w^];y rest of tlMr, 



eatr red^:^^aiid in gol 



^mmel 
f Tn's face, lite the Pi-ophet dcsc'cndlnjg^lroli 



yillage the hell of tlie Angelas sound 



Meanwliile, amio the gloom, by the churcli EyaiiffieMe' lingered^, j 



All, was, silenti ■within; and in vain at tlie door a 



L^l, unt 
aloud witli tremulous voice ;/l)iit/nQ| ait! 



ali4 ^listened and looked, i^n,til, vOver 
dcihei 
tne graves ol^^ie deadpnor the 



, ^ at length she r^unjajl 

';g^ 'Smouldered the^iri 



E(6mier grsl^ df tW living 
;ij«3jtles^ house oi her father.' 
sirggerjmta^ 

C\v' v..-y\ /'^" ^^ ' '""'^ 

Empt}' and dreai; wa; 
Sadlv echoed her step 

- ; r--^. -' ^ 

In the dc4d o6 the liian- 
LouQ o^^he ^tfie^eaJfeayj^s^-Sf tiEoT 
c9 Keei^ly th^nightning :^slied ; and tlie VOK 
Told hgr that <|ofl w 

Then she reniemhir^dr^e t;dc shu had ln.nd of ^e justice of heaven; 
Soothed was 1W<to-oiib1«1-sou1. and she peacefully slumbered till mornin 

O 



iMow. 



echoing thunder 

d HfeJcreated! 




— *„«if(ij,ibrjir 




LEoue times the sun had risen and set ; and nev~an4he fifth day 
Iheerily called the cock to the sleepihg igaids of| the farm-house. 

o'er tlie yellow fields, in silent and til'ofelfiijl'^rbtiq^i^n, \'.^, II IK\ 





djan women, i 



Close at their sides their chiL 
7|Wlule in their little hands 




e from the neighhoring hamlets and faiifis 
'ing in pondb^us waioas their hoti^hold goods 
ing and loolvinffl bW^^Q[J^gaze\ 
they were shut frof 



he' 
on tne oxen, 
gments of playthings. 



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EVAN GE LIN 



:hc 




ya to;the Gaspereay's mouth thly huiyicd ; antl tTicre oh 
Pileq in ^nfusioii lay the household goods of the pcasantsQ) 
^xV^IljJay- l0ng ijetweeir tjie shore and the ships did the boats ply. 
All day long thel^iris^^e laboring down from the village^ 
iftemdoii, when the sun* was near^to Ms setting. 
'a^^^-4^^ fieldsfSfeSme the roll o: 



^^, 



S6a43e i 



ch^ 




irard., 



On a sudden tlic church-doors 
th came the guard, and marching in gloon\y procession 
long-imprisoned, but patient, Acadian farraere. A / 
tm, M'ho journey afar from their homes antl their couHt| 
,, and in singing forget they are, 




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'of affliction. 



rjgj)\^cM^o 





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EVANGELINE 

'Cstln^/^EfiaslnJl}' she waitctj^until tlig'firoccssion appmitffod tict^ ' a 

lA ^ ' . . . "^'1 

And/she bclifkl the lace of Gabriel pule with emotion. 




io 



Tears (^"en filled her eves, and, eagerly running to meet hS3^ (t ~ 
lasped slie Ids hands, and laiil her liead on his slioiil 
^1 ! tie oFgood cheer ! for if we i^e one diQjither 
NotluBg, in truth, •'^an harm us, wliatever rt!ischariclS'''p^ happen !"^ 
Smiling she sjiake these W|sfds7 tten~sl^p^|nl3^^-]p,a|lised^^^f^^ fatiier 




l^-Q /Saw she, slowly ^dv^h^ng. Al^astihow chaiiged--was liii's aspect! 




*-^°w 



I orone jgaS the ^Ibw, from his cheek, a^jflythe^fite from li^s'ej^e, aHd^iii^slfQ 
vHeavier/s^eniedlwillrthe weight oT^nfe ljeaYy4iea:rt iix hjs bosom. \ / fi^^Ks 
But with ^ smil^ aiida^-sighpshe clasped his^n£.cfe andl Embraced him, 
Speaking wora^\af ei^dearrtient wjierfe wbrdsol' comfort .avaijei^ jiot, 
TMs'toi Jhe iGaspereau's mouth moved on that/moulraful pr'oc^ssior 



There disorder prevailed^ and\TIie Igji^ult^nd stirVf embarking. 
Busily plied the freighted boats; and in the confusion 
Wive^i(*^feytom-from their ^lusbapdsi and mother^jl&^late, saw their children 




\y 



•ending thHr(a^s/ with wildeSleiitreaties. , 
So;,^nto sepaj-ate ships xere-BasilaHdlisllbiriel carrie(^ ^ qs;\ 
While & deslSah* online shore Evangelin^ stootl with R& faffier. 
Half the "task was not done when the.^un\ we^t down, ana the twilight 
Deepehed ana^darkeried around ; and inhkj^te thfcjgfluent o(^n 
Fled away from the shore, and left the line of tjie sand-beach 



re 



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EVAN G ELI N 

"j^ Cove^d witJi'^Tyaifs of the tide, with kelp and ilie sHppfiry_se^.-wee3^ 
\ Farther JjackJa tjie midst of the household goods 'aadj^ie^^gofis, 
Like to a gj^sy camp, or a leaguer after a battle, jj— — \.» 
All escape cut off by the sea, and the sentinels near-tbem,"' 
Lay encamped for the night the houseless Acadian farmers 
Back to its nethermost caves retreated the bellowing oqean,' . 
Dragging adown the beach the rattling pebbles, and leaving 
Inland and far up the shore the stranded boats of the sailors, 




Then, It's /the night descended, the herds returned from their pasture? ;^^:4| 

.. , 1 ^""^^. ' ' . ■ ■'' \ ' i'j> -ill 

Sweet was the moist still air with the ddbr^ milk from their udders i "-'^ii^x 

;-,:f:''-S^-^, ' ;'■';';' j y^:''J i \j ^f 

Lowing they vaited, and long, /at^iilii§~\\<^ll-kribwn hefirs 6^'tihe larmV/yaro^ 

'"£';'■--.- ;. , '', '' ' '■ '• '■ '\'.. .. ' /\ \\ ^^\ /'•'' /'//''' / 1 /* ''"' 

^ihr^ Waited jinld tooked in Vaiii for'thd ^oifcte arii"Hie h^nd of -tW : 
,fY;!i '' Sileiice ir^ign^d in th^^reets ; ftom:^e-^liur(ii^'no Angilus soukded,! 
Rose no ^moke^roin thfi roorsf /and~gl€aified n» lignts^JyQm th 

But on the'^hores~lneaiIjwWle\tJie;)eveifingHnP€BJ^ ^"^^ 

Built af>liie\d?if%<woo"dJbhros>ti ort/th^ s^n^s'frotC^r6i^fiS^^8iStempest. 

^(aiJ31^them^apes,sl glbom £uid ic^o^mhi^d^-w£X!&-§d^eTe'd^:^^T' 

Voice,s of won%n were peard^nd^Qj--Hi«ij>A^ iha crying of chiMnen. 

OnwaraiSfrom'^r'e^;o fife, ,as^?Qro4}eaJl^^b Ji^^ m h^s^a^h, q. 



r 



.cS 



Wabdered tne faithfuj priest, consolTng_Mra, .Tilessingand cheering, 
Like ulito shipWeck?(| Paiij on~ M^'ta'l^^fe^plate sViE^ore. 



Thus he approai;Wd1^I^e-^lace jreJiel^^^vkngeMejsat with her father, 
And in the flickiS^g^ght behelflK1i6~TOce^|,JJie(_^d man. 




''iiiilBt t'ldu 





VANG ELI NE^, 



Hcaggard aiul liollow ami wan, and witnout citlier tliouglit or e: 
kE'en as tlio face of a clock from which the han<ls have been take; 
ainfe^ Evangeline strove with words and caresses to cheer njin; 
offered him foodf^t Kg mwed not, he looked not, he s 




4y 



•red him foodxJ^t he 
Bti|^CwJtlva vacant "stare, «ver gaaed^at the "flickering fire-lighi 



paj 



ko 



l"Bcni-cruitc!^' mum 
More he fain ^rould 



murmured 



priejtj 



compa 



have said, but his hear 



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a. tHresf 



orrc 



ben sat he down at 



en i 



f<^' 



'TlV 



, md 



x]k 



'j!p'a,ltered and paused on his lips, as the feet of a child on 
ushpd by the scene he beholds, and the awful ))reseiiCip\o!f 
StlenlH, ,thei-e£orc, he laid his hand on the head of th| 
RajsjngAhi^ ^e4i\%l e^es to the silent stars thai^/fihoy, 
MAe'd pii, met 

^ t^^ther in 

Suddenly I'ose fmm^the south a light,^s ip^ autumir^jhfe?! 
jMoon climbs the crysfet%^lls of heaven, and o^if'ttiCiwrtzQa:::^-^^ 

Titan-like stretches its hundred hands, upoji mountajn antj meadow, 

^v ^V y y^- -A 
the rocks and t;heiaVerSaVixd^ilink ftU^S-stiadflsit^oget 

brpa^eKjt ^eam^Q^&at}^)^oq{sjoi the village, gn 

tb^"^a, nndl'he sKipl! tWtMj^ ^ th&oadst^d. 

Coraains of sliining snaoke uprose, and-^a^lrta' of flame were 

UTf folds and witEai\gE>TOv like ^texjuiverin^ hands of a 




Broader and eVer 
GleameoiSn thte s^ 



Thrust Cthrougl 

o 

martyr. 



Then as the w 





gjhatch, and, uplifting. 




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^CTfPatoft through the air, at-tonce fronaO 



the sliueted smoke vith flkshcs of name interuiin 



iadretnayc^e crov 
less m first jtey stoodj^'^hgti ^neS aloud Wiheir 



We,s"h?^l;Ijeh'(5M no4(ior^^^^bmes 
ibiid,-/oni a sudden the cocks l>c 
inking tlio day he 




lad dawned : 



UK I .iiion 



Ifege & 

ic fai 

4 qH the eveming breeze, by the barking ol 'dogs 
leii ToaeV sound Difodnsadlrsuch as startles tiife. sleeisiiiff lencaitnpment^ 
lite I'wesMbi pirairies or forests that skijt^the Kebi 

id\^OTses affrighted sweep liy witk'Th^j'fi^^ea of the wnirl' 





e nvar 



ihe/lpvili bpllowing herds of liuffalocs rush tj 
S^pfl ■v^aslthe'souBd that arose on the night, as th^-he^^^ncft tl^ej heroes 



roke through their-ipl 




theniead^ 




IMotsbnless lay his for 



Slowly the priei 

o 

Knelt at her f; 




Overwhclnie3~-^ith~~~the 
j^a^edSori the scene of 
And.;as they tiamed at c. s «: 
Lo ! f roni his ^featTie nadJalletv^^ic' 



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v^ s 



^Wi 



TH 

,-A 



(0U£ 



I.S, 



7P" 



c,c.; 



m 



in a swoon she sank,^flj^d lay wrth her head 
gh the lonji; night she lay in deej), obhvious 
;hc^-oke from the trance, she behel^'^a 
^ces o^frie^d^^^Mdj^hatgrere %! 

witti tearfilFejes^ ana Iqpks ol^sa^dgstSebmpas 
Stali^i^hJ^z^f tfie ]^^^^°village^^^ne9 
Reddenedptfie^^gi-overhea d, '; 1 1 1 d Sleai^^ion tlic' 
Wid li%/th|^ da(xfoi^^obmAt seerhfed/to hesf'^'WiJ^'er 
-heita^ farjaihaf vcM&^c licard, as it said to tl 
\"J^t\af bjirV ||im|tepe=by tlie sea. WheiiSri 
Bring^ us agfiin tdlO^f^dmcs from tKfe^l 



ta/shatll his Wcred*" 



k«Grect<><Jj^t' be piously la 



vj '\>, 



5uth/Wrle the worcls^^f the priest. And there i^hi 
[llavibglthi^ glare 1)lthe%a^oin^^vl|Wg;|€r f.iin>$al<to 
But without bt^ll or^ook, ffilylbuiued tfo farmer; 

fid the serviGe'gJ^oPKfrRe==S 



And as the voice-of thcx 




Lwith a mourniul~^&bunaiJk 
olemniy^answefeS 
"^s the retu^jnfe iide\tl^t.3Jaf fj 

With the fost dawn of 

Cb ^^ 

Then recomm^aced ^iicfe more the sti^ 

0. ' 

And with tlw^^ 




s dirges. 



lelwasteof the^e^Sp 

U ul. ci^ ^ 
ig and hur%^ing landward. 

loise .^efrepibarking ; 

■! tj 

ut oT tte harbor, 



Leaving be! 



theWad on tlio -lioir. an^ the village in ruins. 



o 
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PART THE SECOND 







C^if^^ 



^^ 



■^:<r,?* ^ V,-^ r?.- <^^- c:^"-^!^''-s^^§< 



/: 



jVny a w&^^^earJiad passed since the bm-ning of G^ani^^Po 
t>51ieii'0n thejalRng tide,, tJie fi-eighted yessel^ej 

./lixilei^irttiiQi^^n-jen^j and witlioip *gj eiiani^lp ,*& " 



\ 



Fa*| 4^Wli^eK5 o\i sep^^rato coastsjltEe_^,i»di^jislU: 
Scattered Avere ihei^ |like\flakcs of snow, Vw:feh the/ 



Sti'ikes aslant tlu-oii^lrthfi,,fogs. tha|,,ilarit€ii(,tl>e ui 

Friendless, homeless, hope4e§s, mey^ rtran^ereovfrori city to citv, j| 



^Tom the cold lakp; 





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f'Bleak shores of the sea to the lands where ihsj^^^^^i JiVa.teTs 
he liills in his hands, and ara^~tliem down to nie" 
ieepTn their^ands to^^ftysthescatS^^^gegj^^fe inapimoth 
FrieiKls the}' souglit ^.nd hon^^^tnminsfiyi despairing, heart-tjrokenp 
'^, Asked of the earth but a grave, andkV longer a friend nor 
u[j WtVff rtt-^'t^ theipJiistory stands on tablets of stone in -tne~cburcKyard^ 
'^Xong among thernwSsieen ajp^iden who ^jgited and wandered, 
IjO« ly and meek in spirit, aiid patiently suffering all unngs. 

fsshe pjid young ; but, alas ! before her erfeejidedj^ :^ 
and vast ai^4-|ilsiit, tlie desert of life, with its\^lhway 
I Marked by tie g^/aves of those /wl^o Ijad' sotroVed and su^ffe^eidv before 



^^^ 




Ml: 



"?.,./. 



Passions 16ng^ extinguished, and hopes 



As th(i emigrant's way o'er t,he, Western' disert is marked -Bf^ 




.\- ' 




ler. 



hres long consumed, "^d bones that bleach in the sunshine.,, 
ing there was in her life Incwiiplete, iniperfect, unfinisha 
a\morniiig jat June,-wfftv^jtil fms^^<ir-SG.TiBhmi^jy /^-f 
ealj 'parsed -itojtbeiSkjj and, fading, slowl^itej^nded ^' 
Into the east agaiii, ^ronnwHence itjate'had aris^?;::^ 
ISofnetimes she lingered in -tewfiSf^iH, "twgedify the fe 



y 



iged by a restless longiiie, the'^hunger and thji 





spirit. 



y 




by '&&iiie,«amelesi 
He was airC;^ ,-,,^ 
/ Sometimes a rumoitv avke««say, an inarticulate whisi 
[ c Came with itg"airy~lia,nd to point and beckon lior 
I Sometimes she spake with th-ose who liad seen her beloved and known 
'B^Aiz W^s long ago, in some far-off place or forgotten! 
" Gabriel La jetSnesse P^'ihcy said; " O, yes! we liave seenjilm^ 
He was with Basil/fee blacksmith, and l)oth liaVe eonfe^t6T;he 
irs-deslhois/ are they, and famous hunters Vnd trappe|(^iX' 
G^riel Lajeunesse !'" said otliers ; '"(), yes! we have seen him'f 



im, 



N 



He^ 



voyageur m 



the lowlands of Louisianal" // 



IN' 



iste 



'hou 



Then would Evangeline 




en would they say, " D^ar child ! why dream and wait for hia 
lere not other youths a^ fail* as GabRel,? other? 
have hesirts as ^^ndef-^Bd trae, 



yel^^^^rgveJaiiTth^ hai 

lffftH5%faid*»G-Cafherine' 




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("^^n;fe:Jia^gone, there follows my hand, 
P^e Tieart ::gQes beforeHiEe a larapTand illj}5Mje^^( 
Many tilings-are made ciei«Fr^^k^j^§§J^kfL^d:^i^i^a^^rkness 







Thereupon ibSpnest) her friend arid father confeskp: 

Said, with a smile, " O daughter! thy God thus speaJcethTwi 

Talk not of-'irasted affection, affection never ^as wasted ; 

If it elnmch^not the heart of another, its waters, returning 

;^ekjto\ their springs, Jite the rain, shall fill them full of refreshnie'tit ; ' \|i 



TKjStfwhich the fountain sends forth T^etoras^itgairixto^'? fountain. 
Patience ; accomplish ^hy lajborj ; ^ccpmlplish thy work^,^r^ffection ! 
SoiTOw and silence are strong, and patieriV endurance is\ gg^djllke. 
Therefore/ accomplish thy laBor^f ibye5~t^^^^l^j't is made godlike; 

■f ^ctedj' and- i^enae^eq more VO#,hy 

ajiored ^ariff^'Etitej 

/ 

)f the ocean. 



Puplfted, strengthened, V)i 
Cheered by the gopd mapN 




prds, Ev.an^ 



Jijaml-dirgc 
InrihefFwiiaMri^a^flF^^fOTefik^^^ " Despa i^ 

^L . -ii^^;*--.- ^Ti^:s=iw. '-— --^"^^gr:clj^eiriess disci 



leE3g^p,i«t 
^otedpoSetJhesJjards and tho£; 
et me eisay, Ol^fes^tcTfoHowthe wafiHerer's foj 
l[ot through each devious\path, eft^^angef^^i^ear of existence; 

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r 



n-_ 



33ul as a traveller follows a streamlet's course ihion^a J^^f 





-i^ winter 



Here and there, in sojEfe::^gn7^irc^-'ailff^at3»^^*fs jq^^ 



Then^^>%rii;g liesr^' its banferT^hrtJu-glf'sylvarfxgl^pmg^^t concgal it, 
Thouffhne behold it oot^he can hear its continuo^^gnarrrrar ; ^ 



Happy, at length. If he find the spot where it reaOTies-^B-outlet. 





l\r was the montli of ^lay. Far down the Beautiful River, 
Past the Ohio sh(^reeiij>d pas VtEe/raoutli; ofs^^ 
Into the goldeii'-sireEttti of the broad and s^rftl^mississippi, ; 
Floated a cunah^oiis Jtioat, that was rowed %iAcadiaiib6atmep 

;it-#ey4.fr()4 t^e#liT)w: 




ew-acred:' farmer 




"^f 



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i^n^coast, and the prairies of fair Opelousas. 



/"^s^^H^festlKm/fe^atig^line weiSrifiaTiSF^gmdSf^^Father Feliciajp. 

Oiiwatd,^er ^pLnken'^aa8si;^Jljr65g&=aFwiMOTfiesS;5^ with fore^s, 

Day aft<er"9$jlthey^mided addwff^feitarbulent liyer; 
N^ght after night, by their blazing fires, encamped out its borders. 
I ) '^iKow througHKjshing chutes, among green islands, where plumelike 




,:{;hg houses of plakte]Js,/with /nggrbcabihs'iand dove-cots. 

w^f e~i|)proafehing ^htr>egion wJiere reigiis /jierpetual' sumn)e;^ 






Cottonj^tr^es nodded their shadowy crests,ithey swept with the current, 

U/^ T^iBji temerged into broad lagoons, Nvhei-e ^iHe^y sand-barr ) 

Layjin^e str^^fif and alon^ the wimplirig jwla^es of their margin, 

Shining with snow-wtiite plumes, large flocEs of pelicans waded. 

Level the laiidgca^e grewy ahd ialdngl the shores pi the Hver, 

Shaded by china-trees, >h^^Ae^nnijisI~oif,1iiSuriant gardens. 
Stood ----- • -^-^ ■ 

V?^(^t^hrough tlie Golden Coast,v and^roves of orange and citron,'^ 
SW€ep&xwith tna.iegtie^-curvetheZS^SJSijtt^ the-eastwajrd. 

dr^terjn^^he 3sfyd|u\o£ Plgql^emitfl 

ijYiiin. ui »ttiit5_iijti;eii(iHiCfc±fi=every uirs^CiiHn. ~-<sZj' 
"er their heads the towei;iiig afidTtenSSrous boug^hs of thg^ypress 



their^jeoarael 



iSoon w~*er^kKtJ^a-naaxcrotAggisJj.'afidr'4evi^i^^ 




; which, life"^ nelVork of ste^f:Sxtefl'd<^iH=everv direc 

^^ >f tl ^ 

Met in a dusky arch, and tiSh;ni)sig mo^es ffi^Miid-air 

\v'\ '''' 

Waved like banners that handW the wall^" of ancient cathedrals. 
DeatWike the silence seemed^ and t^nb(rbken>Liave by the herons 
Home to their roosts in the cedar-trms returning at sunset, 

88 



y 




€ 



EVANGELINE 

ly the owl, as he greeted the moon with demoniac L 

ihe iiTOOiihglitwas^TTff^finiccd^aifd gleamed^ '^^ 

•'on the cmSi^Tteiof^^^^fiss^anS^^^^r^aastajnlh^ arc 





Down thr<>iigK^hose brokeif^SJte^fc^eff^Ss'thr^g^ cMnKa iri^^ 
Drcamlik^ and ipdistinctj and str 
And o'er theiF-s^wiJs thei'e camef a,^ 



K were all thirigs^aroiindjflienjii, 
»lttlg of wondel- and-sadnesS)< 
jSti'^nge forebodin^'or~ill, unseen and that cannot be compassed 

e t}i%i of th?^^^iries, 



ASjlat the tramp of a horse^ hop! 
Iw^AiHTadv^npe^ar^ clpsed ineJggS 
So,'^t the hoof-bea^of ^Fe, ^^it' 





;Shmiks andlfteloses the heart, ere thi 
isut^vangchne s heart/^§_^__^ _^ 
Floated before her eyes, land beckoned hei- cinltbfough the meonligM. 



1| fopbpd^ngs of^^^rfil, " ^ 

'I 



sti-okb of dtoom has attained it 
|a5jej(tB^Oi3ia^^Jliat faintly 





as>^ii6[t|[i^^to of hotbrain that assumed il4e shape of a -phantoni. 
i:oiigh those shadowy [aisles hadJ^abwir^Mered bcfoK. her, /V^n 
ev^ery stroke gwhe-o*u' now brouglit him n€a*€i?-a«d nearer. 




vthe 



' on his bugliE 



Q 



/Then in his^^ac|5_aiJ^fc^?OTf'"orj:he-boat^^«se_pne 6 
d, as ,1 >ignal sound, i f^tl legs Jik^^fTOenLjicradventur 

$4-iled on thoslj5eioomv^''^a mi(jBi«H^sfreams, 

Id through the dark colc^iutSdes and coi^d^^s leafy the blast rang, \j 

Breaking the seal of silence aaidvgiving to;5ieues to the forest 

Soundless above them the haters ^rri^ jii^ stirred to the music. 

Multitudinous echoes awoke and die(^"^n the distance, 

89 




Soon by the mirest 
^Under the boughs of Wai 
Safely their boat was moor 
Tired with their midnigh 



oars wfe susper 

rew by the margin, 
about on the greensward, 
ravellers slumbered. 



Over them vast and high extendcdi^he cope of a cedar. 

90 




>h<4!fsi. L'IijiiiIIb)' (.liris H i <]\ij^ 



^^ EVANGELINE 

winging from its^great amis, the trumpet-flower and the g 

'la(I3er of Jacob, ' 





Were the swift haBoriinff-bifdsTlfebt 



[pending. 



rom^lo^spsEisfeO,- jblo^sprru::- 




/ Such was the vision v&KangeHne sa^ias she slumbered t>eTreatklRx\/ 
w]^\ iFiIled'Vas h©P=4icart with love, and^Jie dawn of an opening heaV^V 
.Liglited, her soulnT sleep witl]|_:^ifi{^le^^if regions celestial. 






Wit T&5R|I^5*^^site banEp 
£ o that they ^w not "tha boat, ■whj^jtjay concep 
pAll undisturbed by the da^ of thett^^rsj/^n^ unseen, were the sleepersjl 
Angel of God was there none-io awaken rae slumbering maiden. 
Swiftly they glided away, Ipjie ^S sha^ offija cloud on the prairie. 
After the sound of their oars on thfeC tholes had died in the distance, 




Witli these words of ch 
Softly the evening came. X'f^e 



continued their journey, 
western horizon 




Saw the column of smoke tha' 
Sounds of a horn thej heard 



> / 




Mi- 







» 




ilD^ 



'^ 



SS?"---- 



III 



^ 






^ 



Jj^AR to thfe/bank of the river, o'ersliatlowod by oaks from whose branches 






s^qH^P Jthe Druids letdown with golden hatchefe-^l^ 1S%% 
'Stood, secluded and still, the house of the herdsman. A garden 
Jirded it iViurid about with a belt of luxuriant bIosS<Kns,_/,^,v 



'billing- the air with fragrance. The house itsulf was of timbers 
Hewn from the c 
Large aud.li^^i^as 






h 




e garden yate, ran a_p«fth' 



to 



the skirts of the limitless prajri^ 
,w^k siov^y nescendingi(''[\ 
-wy ci 



i\v liouso 
ling and slowly expanding 
bolunm of smoke f6se. 
)j>h'e r^kr,pl=^e hpi 
irough the 

to who;^ se£^^ of flowei*i 
ill i: ^ 

^ngiiig loose from\t^^ir/ spars in a m(^ti(l>n^es^ calm in the tropl 
Stood a cluster of treesL^iFrSi tangled cordage of grape^i 

Just M'hcre the woodlandsstefe 



sur^' of Jtiicj^fairie/' 
"^^aounted^'HPij^^his^horsej with^ S^aDislLsadjdle^nd^'^^q' 
Sat a herdsm^, affaye^^jTIg^iters^and doublet of 'dsaersK^ 
/ Broad and brown waiTheife^^hat fi'om under the Spanish sombreny 

Gazed on tljfe peaceful scene, withjhejordly look of its master. 
,_, Round about him were liurat^erle^^rd^pf'Ji'kine that were grazing 
Quietly in the meadows, aA3 breathing the vajiory freshness 
That uprose from the ri^jra, ami spimd ^elf over the landscape. 







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lifting tlie liorn tliat hung at his side, and ex 



broad, deeg/SiStT^R^^BJevPST^itf'lHat rest^^ 
d ^eet aw??ai:i^^^tigfe#Ee=sCaF^an-ip air of the eve 
Buddenlj^"%Htjof^^tlie;-ffrass tEs^i^EPilteliifeFfiorns d^ t 



ose hkc flakes o 

■/ 



monjfi 





on the advj 
gazed, the 



currents of 



ing rush 



le/whole mass'^reSame a,_9loyil, ^„,slia,de 



as the herdsnian ttarnleg tp ffi 
Saw Jie the foja**^ the priest and t 




!^/ 



lik^se, througlrthe~gate of the gardel 
ie niaiileu advancing to meet 




Suddenly down fronf his horse he sprang in amazement, ^<J forward 

' "^- ' ' r f 1 \ T ^^ 

tedan|i'atibliS' o\ wonde^ ; 



Bla^sraifh. ' 



:d -with extended arms/ arfd 

Wh^n they beheld his ^ao 
HeaMv his welcome wa 

£re^^^5^rof 




th endless que^(^i^/and ^'fns-^n__ ' 




N\ 




^v^hey vent toxtheir hearts, and [i;eneS(;*e!d tbeir friendly embracesA/N 
mg^^d weepihg_bj;|b^rHg6^ sitting silent^and^thoughtfiilv^ 
^^^Ughft^iS, f or ^bsiet cam^ 

Stole o'er the mmdeji!s_liegg?fef'arr3^ 
Broke the silence and said, ""^L-jstoeK 
jHow have you nowhere encoun 
''^rver Evangeline's face at tftfi^ords 




s€^^^t emliarrassei 
the Atchaf^^Iayii;^-;^ 
el!«?Doat ofisflie bayous?" 
a shade passed 




i) 



Tears came into her eyes, an^ 
"Gone? is Gabriel eone?" 



je said, wj|lj/a tremulous accent, 
acegrwns n®" face on his shoulder, 
9£ 




EVANGELINE 



dened heart gave w 



gogd che^niy childTTrETs 



! Foolisli bo3' ! he has left ine3.^OTi5' 
Moody and restless groyn, and 






no loagePIendure the ca| 
Thinkihg ever oF^ffie^i uncdi-tain and sorrowfuTever, 
r silent, or speakiiig |«)i:)llyf OT|tBe^\and his troublcT, 
,^fTengtJb 'had beemne So tedloii^* to'^ineh" and to maidens^W^ 
fedious even to-me, that at length I bethought me, and sent him' 

/ / / I I j, I ^, ; .--'■' 

Unto the town of Adages to/ttWe,, fw niules With the Spaniards. i., -^ 
T^ncelJ^jml follow tb£JMigii7tigfeto,ithe ^ark Mountains, '-" ' 
Htohtinir'nfor furs in\tWe/fpreStsi~ on rivers trapping the beaxer. 
"Therefore be of good\|Cm^; we will follow the fugitive lover; 

V-.,. vi^^" . Kv y^c^ty 

He is not far on his way, and t&JFates and the sti-cams are against him. 
Up and aw?iyJ%xnOTrow, and thrdughr^he,,redjigw of the; morning. 
We will follow him fast, kndJbring him ba.ck,t»^Jii§ jiriso\i.^' 




n_^Si^voices~wS&ie^35^ and iip-ffom the ban]^^ 
Borne aloft (^4iis coij^rades' annsj-,caine Micha^j^e fi 
>_iLong under Basil's roof i^cWie if^df li 



Having no other care thar 
Far renowned was he for 




od on Olympus, 
ic to mortals, 
his fiddle. 






;S»*^ 



% 








ife^*l 







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I' Michael," they cried, "our brave Acadia: 
ily bore him aloii in triumphal procession ; and stfalgbtw 
"-•.: Father Felieian advjmced witJvS^n^I^ 

Klndlv and oft,-ai5j}recalling-tEe"pHSt7"w1ule Ba^l; 



/^,|I^ail^4'j(v'ith hilarious-j«y- his old ^ojih^anions an 



Laughing lend' and long, and eiiibracing mothers and ^iaugbtersf 

Much they marvelled' tVseethk^f^lthoi^iieci-devant blacksmith, 

iiP lli)is It}omains and his heiids, f ij^ felg pfitriatchal deiin?anor; 

]\t^i<iklhey roafvelled to heaK^hk tales oL th^lpil kqd tl^limate, 

J^^ of the prairies-^^hose numberleks henls 'wete hisjf^fTwould takfe them ; 

Each one tlijduglft in his hearty tl^'at [he j|to(^,' would go eLi\d ^b^ewi^e.) 




I_L 



Thl^ th^«scehded ths^^pg^So^ eroisi^g::&€-Jireezy V^i^dk, 
EnteVeJIIie hall of the, Ijouse, where already! the supper of Basil 



i 



i^^fii 



'^IWaite^hTs late return ; and they rested and feasted togethei-. 





Oyer^^he i oyousMeast thff sWd^en lJa3fne4s descend 
asVte)^ *itlioutgjs^ndi illuming the landscape -wjt^i^ly^y' 
?tKe d^y,,^^[Ljind the myriad stSciillS witmjq^doqr^ 



'ose'£Ke aewy.,^^yjuiL a*iu me myi^ttis stett^sajjoL wmnti uuyjO|i^ 
Brighter^tte'n these, shoT^^gfages^^ ot^|ri|n3sin the glimmet^gg^ampligjhj 
hen from h^tatiotf^ft, a^4^^ad- of the^^K^e, tlfe^ierdsman 
ourcd forth his heart an^^ wine tog^e/ in endless profusion. 
Lighting his pipe, that was\i|l5,ed with s\^^ Natchitoches tobacco, 
Thus he spake to his guest^/whc^v^st^d, ^d smiled as they listened : — 

loi 





EVANGELINE 



more, my friends, wlio long have 



eleom€'iincg jnorei:o ; a home^llarFis^BetElj j»fi?^^ 
Here no hungry^wprfer congeals' eUf^i^dtJ Tike 1Ji&:lS^SSV;-3; 










Here, no stony gtourtd provokes the wrath of the farmerT"^- 



C-^ I !,'■■ I 



^ 'Siiioothly the ploughshare runs through the soil, as ar keel througK theirs :1 

V V V', i ,--■ I ,■' 



agK the 



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All tW ¥^ar rounS the orang^^oves are in blossom; and grass grows' 
Mote jin a' single night thaii ^ ^^hdile 'Gaipadiaii summerr" 
TAkx^k^oo, ntimb^ess herds run wild and unclaimed in the prairies ; 
5[«c«l too, lands may be had for tlio asking, and forests ,p5^timber 

■>i,-?Wfth; a few blows of the axe are hewn and framed into houses. 
Aft^r^your houses are built, and your fields-am^ellow wit^ harvests, , 
No King George of England shall drive you away froni yOarihom^steads, 
Burning your dwellings and bams, and stealing your farms and jbur cattle. 
Speaking these words, he blew a wrathful cloud from his nostrils, 
While his huge, brown hand came thundering down on the table, 
-X^oTijbat the guests, all started; and Father FeliciaHi^steunded, 

K Bdddenly paused, withta^inch orTsriuif halES^^jo his ii^strils 
lit thS^Kt*^ Ba,sil resumedrggd^Itis w gjg^ gere milder^d J 
'Only bewareSB^'the idSSM-, my c|ri6Hd|F%eware o|^e fe¥fep! 
^r it is not like that of oa,r .©old^Acadiarf^cljinate, 
Cured by wearing a spider hung round one's neck in a nutshell !" 
Then there were voices hear^i^at tlite doOT, aj^ footsteps approaching 




wniekiiif^Cliii-.i^i 




EVANGELINE 



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tie stairs and the floor of the brcczj- veranda, 
the neighboring CfecBes~sS^^^iniaH''iCadian planters, 
Who had been,suniiiino}i:^3i23^o^j5^i^^^itnise]o|l5ssi^^ 
Merry the meeting was of ancient co^^rades and n^ighba 
yriend c|asped f riena\,in his arms; and they who before ^\ere 
[feetin^ in e^cile^ljeeame straightway as friends ttfeach 01 
X&yfhihj the gentle^bond of a conmion cou^ry together. 
But III t}ie neighboring hall'a strain' pf fliusjcj proceeding 
From the accordSSt string^ pfJkXichs^ersjmelodioiis fiddle, 
Broke up all furthep^peeoh. A^way, llil^e children delighted, 



All 



tilings forgotten beside, they gave themselxtes to 



1^ 



Whirl of the dizzy dance. - a3-J tS^^^l-aa<FK^ia3ed to the music, 
Dreamlike, with beaming efyfea and the rush of fluttering garments. 

\^J%» iM \//? y: :-^\aV y// . ":. . ^ 

-.n'while, apart, at thfe nest^ ©f^the^aHj the priest and the neri 
'Sat, conversing together_of pasPSfid 'pTireept-ancL^future ; 
j^hile Evaitgfeliln^Cstqg^likei one entr'anced, for wiH^^^iM' 
j^ Olden memories roie^aiidJoud in-tlie jnidst Qf;=feejnusic 
[Heard she the sound of th esea ,-aQd ArU^nipressible 
Came o'er her heart, aJiS^^nseer^ Aej^pfe-f orth 
Beautiful was the night. Behind theBlacki^au of the forest 
Tipping its summit with silver 




the maddbning 




Fell here and there through tKe braijph^s^ tr 



On the river 
|iulous gleam of the moonlight, 



Like the sweet thoughts of love on a darkened and devious spirit. 

107^ 




EVANGELINE 



round about her, the manifold flowers of tlie gardi 
t , th6i:e_gQyl£iiro3Si74iia*-^«*re^^H^ and coiii^ 



m 



- Fuller of^agraiae -Umn they7^Sivd=afciiea\'y"witlt shadows :-ghd^}gKt;=«e^ra^ 




Hunfif the iieart of^thfe maiden. The/cywm and the magical inoonlieht// 
' Seeme(l to inun^te^rer soul with iiidefihable longingSyL 

y As, through the gardBa'gate, andl'ltejld^M^l^fi sha9e~-of the oak-trees, 

repassed she along the path toj t|ie|e3gS; <3i, Ahei m 

Sil^tUt'teyVwit^s«tSiIvery haze upon it, and firo-flies / yJ/J 

Gle^^ing and floating away in mingled and infinite numbers. 
Over her heamthe stars, th^ tjioiighlls' ^f G^d iii'tlie iieave^ijs, /| 
Shon^>i)n tl^e^^^^of maI^J^laia^;€^ase440^Q^5fe^^ and \^S 
Save Mienia blazing comet/\t'as~seen^OTinfti|e"^*^ana ^ t« 

had appeared}^^ written upon th^,( "Uphat^iij/ 
A; 




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smjl of the maiden, between the stars and the fire-flies, , ,, 
fti4f*ed alone, afld sl^g criedj;J^^Qalj)i'Mf^g&gj|y beltiwec 

blhoL 

bes-jc^rea^ 
Eo^the prairie^ 



how often tfiBHfe eye^^liflye loo ^ed ^^^bfae- woodla^jas aroimry me ! 
A^} how often beneath this owi^^retSimtng ^^^^g^labor, 
Thou hast lain down to rest, aii^o dream oj^i'ie in thy slumbers ! 
When shall these eyes behold, ffiese^rms/^ f ajSed about thee ?" 
Loud and sudden and near the note ofe whippoorwill sounded 

108 



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^ . -- 

fi- And, from~4be_ 



EVANGELINE 

a flute in the woods ; and anon, through the neighboring thicl^s7 
nd farther awayiT floated and dropped intor§it0ice.>\ 
" ^v'hispered the oaks frotfiTJrara^:rGaverns of darkness; 





lit meadow! 





morrpw^ 



i" 



=:s?«;/: 



:ii next day ; flnlil all, the flowersi^of the^garden 



lis shining-fegt^n-ith the^ teairsi^^nd an dinted his tresses 
^ta th^ideEcious balm that, thetTSoireiifiltheiiil vases tjf crystal. 

I'll ilu .._. _.'Jl//iiii IH. 



j^etff ^ saieyhf'^igst, k^ he ^too'd' at' the shadpwy thrpshold ; \ \^ 



g us th^PTodigal Son from his f as^ing^and f amine,^*\ 
sh Virgin/ w|ia pie jt when' the\bri3egr«om/|(Fas conaingj^' 
red the maiaen, -arid^ smiliag, w^th Basil 'dfesi^nd^i 



And, too, theiFooLii 

"Farewell !r~&S\Vered _^_ . . ^. 

Down to jKhfi^river's brikkj ,wliere^he boatitien already were ; waiting; 
, : TMs beginning their joiirijiey' with morning, and sunshine, and gladness^ 
I Sjwiitly they followed the| flight of him who was speeding before thei^ 
'BloWn-^by^heiblaiS'l'ofxfateiike-ai^ad leaf over the desert. 
o%i'iihat"\d^p^ nic^TheTiext,| nor yet the: day 
^\I'ouiul they trac^^f Kis~coQrseJj»^4aice,ji?ifc^^£or'rivei^ 
>ror, after many days, ha3T6^^ui^d^^i--buE'vague ai^i 
vimors alone wgi'e tnente>guides thrg^fesa wild 
1, at the little inn of theNSpanisS^o^n Qt,.aiflayes, 
Weary and worn, they alighte^4'''^<i learne^^om the garrulous landlord 
That on the day before, witli'l^ors^ anji^ui^^ and companions, 
Gabriel left the village, and took the jfeTfiad of the prairies. 

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IV 



IFar in the West there hes a desert land, where the mountains 
~^Lift, through perpetual snows, their lofty, and luminous summits. 

yiDown from their jagged, deep i^ avia es, where the gorge, like a gatewtijv 

'/Vifi -l.r^^ . ', \--'\ TV 

pfens a passage rude to the whSefls'^o^ the emigraiit^s^aragon, 

Westw'a^ ^he\0)AegU flows aiii^^i 



IU£ 

Lndio tX 
^^vettcd with san? 

■f.y 






cents, with ceaseless sound, descend to t! 
te^'^tiords ot a~rfaiT3rTii~iottd'-ana solem 
between these strLam¥^t«^6=ffee^^*?§iSj»tii^-beautiful pi 
Billowy baysrof grei^s ever~^|Bfig=fe-:^iE36w^ ahd sunshine. 
Bright with luxuriaiit^clusters of ,rtisf s and pui-ple amorphas, 

llid the elk and the-*Q§b 



vcr them wa,ndeErtJie buffalo hei«l 
pyer them wandefThe^olves,; and herds of riderless horses ; 
ifiieB jth^f blast and blight, and/ ^{liQsjtliat '^^e weafy=;#itli travel; 

(>v^\ }*rgm Ivander the s^cat^ei-ed tribes of Ishmael's children, 

f 1 ^ - ---""" '^ K^^. 

Staining the desert with blood ; and above their terribk-war-trails K ^ 




, Cii-cl^s and ;s^ils aloft, on pinibris',i^j?stic, the, vulture, 
^ Likfethe j^j^^able so^l^^^§/^€fei§|4i^^ in bdt' 



By ]Mrisil9M|=stairs asceMji](g/an3~scaling''tlie heavens. 
l^ere a^^"*^^ TJ^P smokes rfofti 



,-xiei-e afl<^=__^^ 




thq canjBs of jtji)ese savage maraiwJers; 
Here and there' rise groves.\f rop the tmr^ns of swift-runninffl=Ti3i'e: 
tyv Atj^.t^e grim, tac^iturji_beat, the=afiq^ vaox^\^i^^d^^^^,^ yy 

*^limbs aWwl^'their da^javineslftdjg for roots by the brook-side, I 
\ -p-W o'^ci' fill i^ the j^,_ij'e:^eaa-'?jid„cpystalllni.' lieaven^ 
iii:e Wi^^^potcctinj;- hand^f-^Mjn^^E^d'aSDve them. 



i\ Into this wonderful land, Jit tbS^se of tMe Ozark Mountains, J J 
Gabriel far had entered, witlvoMunters ancBJtrappers behind him. 



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EVANGELINE 

^y^-with their Indian guides, the maiden and Bas: 
^d(ihis^'lljing steps, and thouglit each day to; o'ertake h 
Sometimes Jkhey saw, or thouglit They sa^?j-Jlie^%^^ o^Jiis camp-fire t^^^ 
Rise in l^lfe.-ggGfning air fronLt^i^starif'plain; tjii^^itFS%htfall, 
When TOey had rea^ched the placei jtftey found oixl*f, embers and ashes 
And^i^^houg-h^reir hearts were sad at times and their bodies were wea: 
ppp still guided thein on^j^as the magLcljata Morgana 

e^^them her lakes'of light; tn^t rjetrWlted ancT vanished before themif 



Once, as they sat by their evening fire, tlfere silently entered 
the little camp an Indian woman, whose We^ures 

traces of sorraKy-and|^p^tiene€-a&,^eat as Jjer sorrow, 
kwnee woijtiSi?>^liBrmijg~ii^^ to Her people, 
•founds of the~>ruel Cama! 






4 



the far-off hunting-grounds of the~>ruel'Camanches, 
re her Canadian husband, a coiireur-des-bois, had been murdered 
jEhcd were their hearts at her story,YaBjdiwaripest an^ friendliest welcome 

tKey,^ witk^^j^ojrde of eheer^ and she §at and feasTed^itifihg thend 
tW jSpfalorftiea±,.aidifee=venis6n,,«epKe35^ erribers 

Miivmeal was^_^^fei3Jid'(^^^^Hd all his companions 
Worn with tte^ong; ofe^t's maiyb_aE^^:fee chase of the deef and the b' 
^tretched themselves on tKfe ®roiind, and/SJept where the quivering fire-light 
Flashed on their swarthy chcfsfe, and their forms wrapped up in their blankets, 





EVANGELINE 




f Evangeline's tent she sat and repeateil'^ 

h &^ 
ihsr>«nd reverses. 
^^^st-Much Evanstline wept at the 
iMplcss lieart like her own had 
Moved to the dej^ths of lier soul by pity and woii 
jYct in lier sorrow pl^se^ that one wlio had suffered was 
Mltturn related her love and all its disasters. 
te witlvwonaerythe Shawnee sat, an 

If a 



ii^ll was muteyfetjt at length, as 

ssed tnlough her braiiii ^e Sp 

Mowis, the bridegroom of snow^ 




ut, when the morning came, arose an 
'ading and melting away and dissolv 
x^h^ beheld him no more, though si 
n3k those sweet, lo' 
he tai 




thc=pttres~o^er her fatheV'i 
j|venhig=^rnld, alid-^wht 
Till she followed ins gReen ainJHwttvmg 
And never more returneoVvTOpr W!fB=>seer 
Silent with wonder and ^a^ge surprise, Evangeline listened 





:-imifi Lb»Jl^> C^nsfir. {'^y. 




EVANGELINE 



e soft flow of her magical words, till the region around her 
e enchanted oround, and her swarthy "- '" 




h'Miver- the tops ^ the^ Qpirk Mouutajus the niooij rose 
Lishtirie'^Hifistiltlf 'tjent, ancL^^^^^i^ysterious spli 
Touching the soiubW-leaves, and yemo^acing and^ 
■^^Tth Si delicioTis~sound the brook riiShcd by, and the~i)raTiches 
Swayed and sighed o\;6rhead(riii'Searcely audible whispers. 
Kll|ed with the thoughts of-lo-^e /jlv| ilEman^^i^i^'s heart, but a secret, 







Subtile sense crept in, of pain and indefinite terrM 

Jts the cold, poisoTfious snftke creeps into the n^t of tjjgg'swallow 

jas no earthly fear. A breath fi]om, thfe region of spirits 
Se^j4ed tb^cistfin the^ 



-^ jiind she felt for a flijolilietS 
Th^% lifee the Indian maid, she, too, was pursuing a phantor 
lAitd with this thought she slept, and the fear and the phantom had vaijisheic 






if^&M /^^»yCV 



^jEftrl^ upon the ia orr^ the march was resumed, and the Shav 

a^^^^ j6wn^€4 ^oagssS^P^#?^s5'k.t^»^ii^ of tlit^^^e mountams 
Wells in his little village the Blacli Robe chief of the 
ucir^J<e^hes>,the peo]ilc, and tells them of Mary aii^Jes^ 




oud laugh theii- hearts with joy, and weep wi^rpain, a9H;hey hear hir.' 
hen, with a sudden and secret emotion, i;vaii<;eline answered, \j 

"Let us go to the Mission, for there goodcjtidings await us!" 




EVANGELINE 



ither tBey turned their steeds; and behind a spur of the -rfiounFains, 
is tlio sun went down, thoy TieafHamurmiuej^^pSOicei 
m a,jHeadow^^^fea:;anj3j]^^^^^^Sedfeani?iD^ atjdver, 
^he Chrim^^"f0re^^ents of 

^that stopd'ui the midst; 
^be chief wjth';'l^ cjiildren. A~crucifix-iast 



^tthg 
High on the 



doHed with its agomzei 
"iswas th^lfrur^ 
its aerial ro^ 
nguns!,)(J;s notes wit 
lent, ' witn+aeads 
Xeltipn tho s^varde 



f the j tree, -and overshadowed by erapeVvines, 



|ini^|itude kneehng benejat^ 
Ih the intjiekte:^ 



tbV ?Olt ,9US 



^espers 
%n(X sighs 



V brand 



Barer 



ehini 



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joinecl in tne /ieveni; 
wRcn the sci-A'ice Ay«s done, and tl 
;tli from the hands of the ])rit.st, like seed from the hands, of the sowei'^ 

ly tlic r^|reaJJrJ3fta^^^^^^a^^^g^KaBgei-s, and bade them 
;lccJipei^^iiQ5s^]^^hey replied, he smiled with benif^nant expression, "^^ 
Hearing- the/3K)indikera^Bds''oFjM<;^t(thei'-tonguc in the forest, 
AiicTi^^tn w^ds of kindae8s;^^e«ai^ed==them into bMwif^feiir' \ 
There upoiriiiats an^^ins tiiejf^p^d, and(^ cakes^f the maize-e i 
\7 Feasted, and slaked theii' ;ffiirst ^rpm t^/Water-gourd of the teachel 



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Soon was their story told if^ the pr^^lii'with solemnity answered : — - 



EVANGELINE 





'Not six suns liave risen and set since Gabriel, 
Jn twis mat by my sjde, where now the maiden, 

''me -this same"^"^$^felei-then ar(ise:::»nd^$i^&ued~his jab 
Soft wastlie voice of tbe-^priiifrSndTie spakeNfpfflE^c^aseciit of kindness ;i) 



\^n Ejang^&]ine's=%eart fell^'hl^Xwords as ijo^wSnteFThe snow-flakes 

inte^onie lone nest from which the birds havexleparted. f^Jv. 
'asMto the north he has,,^ehe{" continued tlie priest ; "but i^i ^utvi 
hari^the chase is done^' yill r,cturii agaii|to the Mission." 
len Eva*l^Iine smd, a ad-4i^iiFg^ig e- was nieek\nd sylaiiis^ 
let me remairnwith thet 



I it /wise and W 



see 
iountiTTg'iiis ^Mexican 
nieward Basil return 




?w]y, slowly, 





lides and^comp 
Evaiigcliiie stayed at the Miss 

:d each (Smfer, — 

aize that were^'springirii 
er sherigamei; now waving about her, 
cs interlacing, and forming ;f ^ 
ies pillaged by squirrels\ > / 1 
Then in tfe golderr^atheErt^^Sfee was hfisked, awi the maidens | 

hSi^etokened a lover, t4 

\m^ it a thief in the corn-field. 




Cloisters foiVvmendicaBLcre^s- 



Blushed at each blood-! 
But at the crooked lau 




EVANGELINE 



Erin the T>lood-red ear to Evangeline brought not hg 

atience!" the^^pjiest would say ;""haVe faith, an^ihy pray 
ered ! 




k^- 



Look at this vigorous plant tliat lifts its head ir<yfn the m^^aivf, 
' Se^!iKJ|^-Ms leaves a!^e turned to tlie north, as true_ias" the TnagjiSi^ // 
This is the ctMMpass-flower, that the finger of God has planted 
Here in the houseless wild, to direct the tr'aveller's journey 

erf the sea-like, pathless, limitless waste pi the desCT-t. 
Steh irilhe soul^=of man is faith. The blossoms of passion, 
G^!^ and luxuriant flowers, are brigiiter and fuller of fragrance, 
^^J^irclthey beguile us, and lead us astraiy, and tljeir odor is, deadly 
' On^i thi? Jiumble plant^an^^idgrMgjtesgTa^Ljereafter ' 

vit^ 



dtt asphodel 'flowers, that are 'wet With the dews of'nei 






So came the autumn, and passed, and the winter — yet Gabriel 



Bufesoni^^^tilje'^eniog s^i^g, aBSd-jthS^nStes^of the robia and bliifi^ 
*>^r Setondetf Is^tetvUponTwold and in wood, }-et Galjriet^jcai^' 
l\ Wai. oiT^fh^/breal^ of th¥'sununer win^is a rumoFWas ^a^tei 
I S^eMeg^m^lOTig of bird,-erjue pF;j^or]^f blossom. 

'ar to the ndrtn aim^^^feast, it saidjjacihe Michigari for^fifi, 









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EVANGELINE 



had Ills lodge by the banks of tlie Saginaw River. , 
\vithA'eturnintf^Tritfesc=fehat souelit the^lates of Sl^ Lawi^eiiee.- 
Sayiitg a sad farew^elJ,|^^EvaiiggkQeiw«iit-frD^tfe0^1ission. 



When over weary^^ways, ^f ^loag^aBi^perffmis marcljes, 
She had attained \at leS^tli the depths of the ^Mjchigaft^rests, 
-Found she the lumter's lodge deserted and fallen to ruin! 



Thus did the longvsai 
erSiii<,nd dist; 
ow in the tents 



ow in tlte noisy cam 

/f\, r 

iw in5=49rji%4ed ham/et: 
Like a phantoijn sh' 




iiJiiCand in seaaons and places 
leen the wandering maiden ; - 
he meek Moravian Missions, 

\ 
and j)oj)ulous citiefe;|^jr^~] k?-i 



ba^fefields of theVarmv. 



D 



,a§sed away iimiininibercd. 
'ai^\^s shi' and youii^, »Jiien in hope;-J^egaiji Mie loii^ journey ; 

ed\W"as she and old, when in disa})pointment it ended. 
Sa^ihNsycceeding j'ear stole something away from her beauty, 
Leaving behind it, broadlr^andrdeeper, thej gloqin-arnfet^ig^^a'do 
Thcn*^ere appeared ^Mcjj^gread faint streaks oF gray o'er her forehead, 
Daw'u^ofaaiBtttier lifepthatrbr5ke o'er Jier-^arthily horizen, 
As in the e^^'m sky the first faint streaks of^ the mornijig. 

4^1 





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j..,..>i1'J: 1-.' 




Ik that deliglitful land wluch^is^wjashcgLbyi 

uarding in bvlvau sliadcs tlie name of 

,ds (yi\ tlie„bank5 of its beauliful stream 






EVANGELINE 



Saw at his side only ono of all liis hundred descendants. 



In 



Something at least there was in the friendly streets ,pf the citv,;^ 
.Something that spake to her heart, and-mS3e.4*r no longer a s'trangcr; 

And her ear was pleased with fhel'Elifie^Srfd ^hou of the Quakers, 

"jo" _^ _ \ 

^or it recalled tlie past, the old Acadian country, 



^JWhere all no^n -were equal, and all were brotherslafm sisters. 
$^,'/when the fra^tle^ search, the disappointed endeavor, \ ^^ 
Ended, to recommeiu^e no more upon earth, uncomplaining, . j 

^vhither, as leaves to the light, wore turned her thoughts and Mr 'loQtsteps.\ 
from a mountain's ■^top^herainy mists of the morning / 

Roll awayf, and afar -v^e behold the landscape below us, A 
Sun-illumined, with shining jjiers'^^nd cities and hamletsj^ k| ^^ 
So fell the mists from lier mind, and she saw the world fafceelo^'kner, 
airk no longer, but all illumined with love; and the pathway! // 
hich she had climbed so far, lying smooth and fair in the distarici, 
-Gabriel was not forgotten. Within her heart was his image, 
Clothed in the beauty of ilove and youth, as last she beheld him, 
Only more bcautifulTTiad_el-by his deathlike silence and absence. j> 

iircCujter^oughts ofTTmrtilne entered-notT^or it was not. , / 

Over him year's had^tio power; he was not changed, but transfigured; ' 
He hfid become to her heftrj^as one who is dead, and not absent: 

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•Patience and abnegation of self, and devotion to others. 





was the lesson a life of trial and sorrow had taught fier. 
So was her love diffused, but, like to some odorous spices, 
Suffered no waste nor loss, though filling the air with aroma 
Other hope had she none, nor wish in life, but to follow, , 
JXIfeekly witli reverent steps, the sacred feet of her Saviour. ~ 
s many years she lived as a Sister of Mercy; frequenting 
onely and wretched roofs in the crowded lanes of the city, 
Wliere distress and want concealed themselves from the sunlight! 
Where disease and sorrow in garrets languished neglected. 
Night aftjcr night when the world was asleep, as the watchman repeated 
Loud, through the gusty streets, that all was well in thcTCSty, 
High at sonic lonely window he saw the light of her taper/\\ 
ay after day, in the gray of the dawn, as slow through the suburbs 
'lodded tlie German farmer, with flowers and fruits for the marke|, 
et he that meek, pale face, returning home from its watchings. 







Then it carrtfe*^to pass that a pestilence fell on the city^/ 
/ /Presaged by wondrous signs, and mostly by flocks of wild pigeons. 
Darkening the sun in their fUght/wrfn naught in their craws but an acorn. 



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dhe tides of the sea arise in the month of September/^j^t 
noddin3r^Mesnvggate«am j_till it s-^r^p ji^^Lff-firaiTirp inL^t ^ea^w, 
floo^^^^^^iaeljB;Qlgrflowing_ 
to a brackisj 



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Blit(^11 perisfe^L^kKke beneath t] 
^ aji5^ ! the ^jiQg^^ho h^ n^ 
e^tJSiray to die in^ihe 
n^sthe suburi^s~it 
the city sun'ound 



er -^:^-bribe, n(M||beatity to ch^Yffrrme 
rge of his jaki^if; — 
end^bjiQr attendant 
f the homeless. 



Meok, in the midst of splffndpr,rH;s hwnjbl^ W^ls^/seSii to 

T^e pooB y\ always 



Softly the words of H/ef-itirji: 
Thitlier, hj' night a' 



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i^-^ooki(l up into Ikt f^e^ ajid thouglit, indoid, to beliala/'tl^erffl 

^fHtams of celestial liylit encirclu lior foreJK'.'ul with splendor, ;/ 

,ch Hs the artist paints o'er tlie brows of saints and apostles 
\ ... - ^--- ' 

sueli as hangs by niglit o'er a city seen at a dist 

eye5.:5t'se^ed the lamps of the cit\ idesti 

ntQ^whosfi^ slypi 

Thus, on a SabbatKvimom 



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Many familiar forms had disappeared in the night-time ; 
Vacant;,tht'ir places were, or filled already by^slfangers.-'^:. ' \^ 



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Suddenly, as if arresfeddb^f|g6Iof ^ ieeling of wonder, 
Still she stood, with her colorless lipS apart, while a shudder 
Ran through hccframe, and, forgotten, the flowerets dropped from her finge'r's'^ 
J ^^/iroTftther ey^es=<^tid-.cheelcs the, Ijght apd bloom of the morning. 
Then ^ere escaped frotai Her'lipS'-a-cry 0^ sucli terrible anguish. 
That the dying heard it, and started up from their pillows. / 
On the pallet before her was stretched the form of an old man. 
Long, and thin, and gray were the locks that shaded his temples ; 
BiiUas he lay in the morning light l his f&ce'.foit a moment 
Seemed to assume once more the forms -ofntfTearlier manhooc 
So are wont to be changed the faces of those who are dying 





Hot and rod on his lips still burned the flush of the fever, 

As if life, like the Hebrew, with blood had besprinkled its portals, 

^ That the Angel of Death migFt see the sign, and pass p^er. 

iMotionlcsS, senseless, dying, ho lay, and his spirit exhausted 
Seemed to be sinking down through infinite depths in the darknejpjK 
Darkness of slumber and death, for.^eyer sinking and sinking. 
Then through those realms of shaded In multiplied reverberations, 

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g r-=Heafd he that cry of pain, and through the husli that succeeded 



__J^hispcred a gentle voice, inaccetltS'tefiagFand saiatrhjce, '^}, 
"Gabriel! O my belm'e_d!!i^5i3"^JiGffTfwa^jLiit9^siJe»ce. 



iCTioine af ^g; childhosfid ; 



^ Theu he belicld, in a-^reain,^oSS^ffit 
('ffirreeh.Adkdian meaoowSt^ith sylvai^ '^rivers amons-^em 

Mm M ^■^^^^- ■ .\\-^--^ , .^^- 

I? ^ -llHagtt'j) and mdffiStam, and woodlands ; aiid, walkirfgTindcr^eir isna 
the/days of Tier yd^uth, ^yangmne. rofee in his vision. 
;its C4me into his eyes ,■ artdias Slofrly lie ILfted his eyelids, 
ishedn^lie visiofti'aw^ bii/tjvang<iinfe; jci)el t b^Jiis bed'sid^/ 
V he strove t 




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on his lips, aiid their 



iMhe 



' Kissqd hisi^ying lips, and 





besid^' 



accents ^ wtTttered 
h\s tongup would have 

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spolcen. 



fit w^S"thc light of hk ^/es; but it suddeiily/^jjink in|b,-Qa 

V V'-^'" " :-,'>> ' ' ' ' ■ '" - 

a lamp is blown out by a gust of wind nt a casement. 

— o^ — -^^E 

l^^<fe3;^wj:ilie hopci^^^ j^g^iigjjanjirtBg^pS- 
the achiftg of^afl2Il"^ji^E&rTInsa4:4sfie3^Enging, v 
l/th&^^<Mll,^"e~fx, pain,~aiicl <q^ant ifio^ra^Tof patience; 



d, as she pressi^d on^femore thejjidess -head tc^Ktr bos 
kly she bowed her own, iMi^;>inu'TTTi^ed,('^^ther, I thank thee !" 










Still stands the forest primeval ; but far away from IM-^dow, 
jtyjsMiiH their nameless graves, the lovei-s are^Jecpiji"- 



Oil ' - , • • ----- - ^ ■ \ 

nS^r the humble.jvallfe'i^f ;3t]bi3fflfe^g^^^^ 



Daily the tiairef ]if4igo C^jyiiiH «Wd 



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housands of throbbing hearts,--R4rere' t 

tneirsXhave 

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Ncpjafpleted their jourrie^' 



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y still stands- the forest primeval; but under the shade of; its branches 
Dw-ells another race,, with other customs and language. 
Only along the shore of the mournful and misty Atlantic 
Linger, a-f^gw^Acadian peasants, whose fathers from exile 
Wandered back to their native land to die in its bosom. 
In the fisherman's cot the wheel and the loom are still busy,^ ^ 
.Maidens still wear their Nptmaiicaps-^nd. their kirtlcs of hoir^espun. 
And by the evening fire repeat Evangeline's story, 
While fromi^^ocky caX^rns the deep-voiced, ncighboring^>(^eait|'§ 
Speaks, and in accents disconsolate answers the wail-iSfthe forest.! 



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